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Bachelors’ Club
Robert Burns learned to dance and debate in this authentically restored house.
Overview
Find out about Robert Burns’s formative years in this authentically restored attraction.
See the room where Burns and his friends gathered to debate the big issues of the day.
Look out for the ‘10 Rules of Membership’ written by Burns.
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Bachelors’ Club
About this place
A few years before his first collection of poems was published, Robert Burns co-founded the Tarbolton Bachelors’ Club in this curious red-shuttered, thatched 17th-century house. It was here that he learned to dance, became a Freemason and created a men-only debating society.
Bachelors’ Club is a must-see for Burns fans and gives a rare insight into the secrets of male social life of the age. Downstairs is an 18th-century living space, while upstairs are the meeting rooms once used by Burns and his friends.
