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Tudor House and Garden
Southampton Tudor House and Garden is a museum, tourist attraction, and Grade I listed building in the Old Town of Southampton, England. Established as Southampton's first museum in 1912, the house was closed for nine years between 2002-2011 during an extensive renovation. The museum is open daily between 10am and 5pm.

Early History
The earliest part of the site is a Norman domestic dwelling, built in the 1180s. Although the site is known as King John's Palace there is no evidence that King John of England ever visited the house. In the 1300s the merchant and mayor of Southampton, John Whytegod, lived in the property. After the French raid of Southampton in 1338 the walls were turned into what would become Southampton's defensive walls. Its windows and doors were filled in or replaced with gun slits.

1400s-1900s
The main part of the house was extended and developed by Sir John Dawtrey, a major landowner, MP and Sheriff. Dawtrey received large sums of money from Henry VIII to provide food for the navy, at sea in defence of attack by France. Money was also provided for the building and fitting out and provisioning of ships – including The Mary Rose. During the Tudor Period, the house was a home for influential members of Southampton society.

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the house was used as a merchant house as a cloth maker and manufacturer. It may have been during this period that the house was further extended,and the Georgian wing added. <ref name="Tudor House and Garden", Dr Andy Russel, 2011.