Bakelite Museum
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The Bakelite Museum is in Williton
, Somerset
, England.
The Museum is housed in the Orchard Millhouse, which has been designated by English Heritage
as a grade II listed building.
It is home to the personal collection of Patrick Cook, and includes vintage plastics including radios, cameras and telephones to a Bakelite coffin.
In September 2010 a fire safety inspection found various problems which needed to be rectified if the museum was to remain open to the public and satisfy the Regulatory Reform (Fire safety) Order 2005.
Williton
Williton is a medium-sized village and civil parish in West Somerset, England. It has many of the facilities of a small town, being the administrative centre for the district. Williton is situated at the junction of the A39, A358 and B3191 roads...
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, England.
The Museum is housed in the Orchard Millhouse, which has been designated by English Heritage
English Heritage
English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
as a grade II listed building.
It is home to the personal collection of Patrick Cook, and includes vintage plastics including radios, cameras and telephones to a Bakelite coffin.
In September 2010 a fire safety inspection found various problems which needed to be rectified if the museum was to remain open to the public and satisfy the Regulatory Reform (Fire safety) Order 2005.