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Beatrix Potter - The House of the Tailor of Gloucester

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Welcome to the official page for Beatrix Potter’s The House of the Tailor of Gloucester. Open Sunday from Easter until Christmas).

The House of the Tailor is now staffed by volunteers who are both enthusiastic and knowledgeable about Beatrix Potter and her works. The museum and shop are open to the public daily from Monday – Saturday 10am to 4.30pm and Sunday noon until 4pm (Closed Bank Holidays, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.

24/10/2026

Princess Catherine is distantly-related to Beatrix Potter and a big fan of her work. She is also Patron of the V&A, where Beatrix saw the item that gave her the inspiration for the Mayor's waistcoat in the Tailor of Gloucester.

https://www.tatler.com/article/peter-rabbit-kate-middleton-vanda-beatrix-potter #:~:text=Among%20the%20items%20chosen%20by,creator%20through%20her%20great%2Dgreat%2Dgreat%20uncle.

10/10/2026

One of our directors called into the local Women's Institute offices in Gloucester last week. He was pleased to see they are still proudly displaying a picture relating to their involvement in creating the replica of the Tailor's waistcoat which is on display in our museum. The waistcoat was made in 1980 after hundreds of hours of research and embroidery.

It's also featured in a book on the history of the WI in Gloucestershire and they still have the left over threads that they were using to make it.

It's lovely that they are, rightly, so proud of this project 46 years on!

01/10/2026

It's October now, so surely it's not too early to talk about Christmas? We've got some of our Christmas stock on sale already. Do come in and browse some of our lovely gift ideas.

29/09/2026

One of our supporters has this lovely ornament from when the Tailor of Gloucester celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2003. What should we do to mark the 125th anniversary in 2028? It's time for us to get planning now!

12/09/2026

One of our directors was at a meeting at the beautiful Hotel Indigo in Gloucester during the week and the coaster at his place on the meeting table was a very appropriate one. Do you think we should have some made for sale like this?

07/09/2026

Simpkin enjoyed Gloucester Day in Saturday. Here he is with the Tailor (Ross Campbell) and the Guillemot of the Court Leet of Barton St Mary, Sarah Nolan.

04/09/2026

Simpkin is looking forward to Gloucester Day tomorrow (Saturday 5th September). Thanks to Lorraine Campbell for the video.

03/09/2026

We get lots of lovely reviews and we don't usually share them, but this one is so nice we felt we just had to...❤️

02/09/2026

Thanks to our shop manager June and her husband Martin for putting together our Autumn window display. Look at Mrs Tiggywinkle and Lucy catching up with the washing and ironing!

01/09/2026

This beautiful floral display was part of the Deerhurst Flower Festival in Gloucestershire on Bank Holiday Monday.

Address

9 College Court
Gloucester
GL12NJ

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 4pm
Tuesday	10am - 4pm
Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Thursday	10am - 4pm
Friday	10am - 4pm
Saturday	10am - 4pm

Telephone

+441452422856

Website

http://www.tailor-of-gloucester.org.uk/

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