In 1803 Trinity House created a wharf between Bow Creek and the East India Dock to build and maintain buoys and equipment. In 1864 a lighthouse was built for testing (Michael Faraday had a workshop on the site) and training lighthouse keepers. It now houses a musical installation, ‘long player’. We get a talk and… Read more

This National Trust house has benefited from a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant to open up the house and gardens, previously let to tenants. The hall was built in 1729 for the sea-captain, John Harle, a fine example of the suburban house built for this successful merchant who owned the nearby Rainham Wharf. Its well-preserved… Read more

For a guided tour of their Outwitting Cancer exhibition. There is no charge for the tour and exhibition but the Institute may welcome donations. Read more

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The house was the home of Edward Linley Sambourne (1844-1910), artist and illustrator, best known for contributing more than 3000 cartoons to Punch magazine. It was inherited by his grand-daughter Anne, later Countess of Rosse, mother of Antony Armstrong-Jones, who preserved the Victorian interiors almost intact and eventually gave the house to the Victorian Society,… Read more

The Bishops of London owned the site of Fulham Palace from AD.704 and lived there until 1973. The buildings show many changes over a long period. We shall get a 90-minute guided tour around the site and through the historic interiors, including the Tudor great hall, the Georgian dining rooms and the Victorian chapel. There… Read more

The old medieval church of St Pancras was almost abandoned when the new St Pancras church was built adjacent to Euston Square. It was eventually restored, retaining some of its early fabric and monuments. Its churchyard, containing the burials of many famous people, was disturbed by the construction of the Midland Railway. Some of these… Read more

Gunnersbury as a house and park goes back to the 17th century, and in the 18th century was occupied by Princess Amelia, with landscaping by William Kent. After Amelia’s death the estate was divided and two new houses built. In 1835 the larger house was bought by Nathan Meyer Rothschild, who remodelled it. The Rothschilds… Read more