Dennis Severs' House
A Spitalfields townhouse staged as if its 18th-century occupants just stepped out, walked through in silence with candlelight and creaking floors.
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Did you know
Dennis Severs bought the house in 1979 and lived there until his death in 1999, filling its ten rooms with the imagined life of the Jervis family, a fictional Huguenot silk-weaving household.
Local tip
Book the evening Silent Night Visit well ahead. It sells out. And go at dusk when the candlelight effect is strongest; arrive on time, as latecomers aren't admitted, and stay silent throughout.
Finding it
- Address
- 18 Folgate Street, London E1 6BX
- Nearest station
- Liverpool Street (Elizabeth line), 336 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
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