Nautical Museum in Castletown put forward for registered status
Sat, 08 May 2021
By Chris Cave - Local Democracy Reporter
An 18th century building which housed a famous armed schooner has been put forward for registered status. It means the Nautical Museum in Castletown would be protected from demolition if the application is approved. The boathouse was the original home of the Peggy, a yacht built for prominent Manx politician and banker George Quayle. Manx National Heritage is currently the custodian of the Nautical Museum, which dates from 1789 and was initially constructed as a boathouse, dock and stable dock. However, since 1950, it has been used as a museum with the Peggy featuring as its main attraction.
Manx National Heritage welcome proposed registration of historic buildings
Wed, 05 May 2021
Manx National Heritage has welcomed proposals to include a number of buildings and war memorials on the Isle of Man’s Protected Buildings Register. The Isle of Man’s Protected Buildings Register marks and celebrates the special architectural and historic significance of a building, and brings it under the consideration of the planning system, so that it can be protected for future generations. The oldest roofed building on the register is the Old Grammar School. Owned by Manx National Heritage, the building was built around 1200AD as the first town church in Castletown.
According to Allison Fox, Curator for Archaeology at Manx National Heritage:
“The ring is small and quite delicate in form, but of a high quality and intact. The quality suggests that it was made for, or on behalf of, an individual of high status. It is unlikely that we will be able to establish for certain who owned the ring or whom it commemorated, but there is a possibility that it may have been associated with the Stanley family, previously Lords of Man. The initials JD may refer to James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby and Lord of Man, a supporter of the Royalist cause in the Civil War
The crystal ring was probably made to honor James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby
Stanley s family ruled the Isle of Man for centuries, starting in the 1400s
In the 1600s, mourning rings were given out as mementos when someone died
The ring has a gold band and the initials JD on it
Stanley, who signed his letters J. Derby, was a supporter of King Charles I
He was beheaded by Cromwell s forces after Charles defeat in the Civil War