Explore life in Cheltenham’s only Victorian home open to all, the birthplace of composer Gustav Holst.
Gustav Holst’s birthplace is a unique period house.
Hear stories of its eclectic residents, experience a working Victorian kitchen and scullery, and delight in authentic Victorian interiors above stairs.
Discover the life and times of Holst and view many of his possessions, including a piano on which he composed The Planets.
The Victorian Family Home of Gustav Holst
Holst Victorian House is an independent Arts Council Accredited Museum staffed mostly by Volunteers and governed by The Holst Birthplace Trust. Situated in the house where he was born in 1874, the Museum was founded by Gustav Holst’s daughter Imogen in 1974. See Holst’s piano and the room where he was born and uncover rooms as they would have been during his Victorian Childhood complete with period furniture and family art work.
