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historic buildings of wash-house court at the Charterhouse including early Tudor redbrick monastic building
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Saving the Charterhouse: How 19th-Century Newspapers Fought to Save an Ancient Landmark

In 1885, the Governors of the Charterhouse applied to parliament for the right to sell – for probable demolition –...

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The life of Carthusian monks in the Charterhouse
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28th September 2021

The life of Carthusian monks in the Charterhouse

Rosie Chan, a Museum Studies student at the University of Leicester, was recently here on a work placement, and immersed herself in our heritage. Here she looks more closely at the lives of the Carthusian...

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