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Reels of brightly coloured thread are displayed on the wooden shelves of a dresser.
Greater Glasgow & The Clyde Valley

Weaver’s Cottage

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About this place

Atmospheric cottage and hands-on museum where the traditional weaver’s craft comes to life

  • Step back in time to when Kilbarchan was at the heart of a thriving textile industry.
  • Experience what it was like to live in this atmospheric cottage over 200 years ago.
  • See the last working handloom in the village.
  • Look out for plants that were once used to make fabric dyes in the pretty cottage garden.

At this traditional Kilbarchan weaver’s cottage we’ll transport you back to a time when hand-woven textiles were the pride of Scotland’s weaving industry.

Weaver’s Cottage authentically re-creates a typical handloom weaver’s living and working conditions. Low ceiling beams and period furniture help give insight into life before the Industrial Revolution.

Today, the weavers specialise in making tartan on a 200-year-old loom.

The property has an attractive garden, where traditional dye plants, including woad and madder, and a wide range of cottage garden plants are grown.

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Entry prices

Adult
£8.50
Concession
£6.00
Family
£20.50
One adult family
£14.00
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Accreditations and awards

  • A navy oval badge from the Scottish Tourist Board, showing 4 stars for a Visitor Attraction. There is an illustrated green and purple thistle at the top of the badge.
  • A green oval badge showing the Visit Scotland thistle logo and 'The Green Tourism Business Scheme' logo with the words: silver in capital letters.

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