Banqueting House

Originally the property of the Archbishops of York. The Banqueting House was used to provide entertainment for Charles I, and was later the scene of his execution. After the fire that destroyed Whitehall Palace in 1698, it was used as a chapel until 1890. In 1893 Queen Victoria…
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Benjamin Franklin House

Benjamin Franklin House at 36 Craven Street in the heart of London is a heritage 'gem.' The world's only remaining home of Benjamin Franklin was opened to the public for the first time on 17 January 2006, Ben Franklin's 300th birthday, as a dynamic museum and…
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Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace serves as both the office and London residence of Her Majesty The Queen, as well as the administrative headquarters of the Royal Household. It is one of the few working royal palaces remaining in the world today.  Today the State Rooms are…
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Carlyle’s House

The home of a Victoria celebrity couple. Preserved since 1895 this writer's house in the heart of one of London's most famous creative quarters tells the story of Thomas and Jane Carlyle. The couple moved here from their native Scotland in 1834 and became an…
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Chiswick House and Gardens Trust

The Chiswick House and Gardens Trust was set up in April 2005 to oversee the restoration, management and protection of this important historic site in south west London. Chiswick House is the first and one of the finest examples of neo-Palladian design in England.  Inspired…
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Churchill War Rooms

The First World War unleashed a new threat to mankind: the aerial bombardment of cities. The fear that cities, particularly London, would be the first targets of an enemy conducting a war against Great Britain troubled successive British governments in the 1920s and 1930s. As…
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Covent Garden

Covent Garden is one of London’s most exciting public spaces playing host to a range of arts and culture events. From the architectural splendour of its neo-classical covered Market, which is Grade II listed, to such world-class arts venues as the Royal Opera…
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Eastbury Manor House

Striking Elizabethan merchant's house and gardens. Important brick-built Tudor gentry house, completed about 1573, little altered since. Early 17th-century wall-paintings showing fishing scenes and a cityscape grace the former Great Chamber. Evocative exposed timbers in attic, fine original spiral oak staircase in turret, soaring chimneys,…
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Fenton House

Fenton House is a charming 17th-century merchant's house which has remained virtually unaltered during more than 300 years of continuous occupation, while the large garden is also remarkably unchanged since it was described in 1756 as 'pleasant... well planted with fruit-trees, and a kitchen garden, all…
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Fitzroy House

Fitzroy House is an original 1791 building. It imitates the designs of Robert Adam, the famous Georgian period architect, who, along with his brother, designed Fitzroy Square. The house is one of the last remaining structures on the block that retains its original exterior. It now…
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