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Linley Sambourne House

The preserved Kensington home of Punch cartoonist Linley Sambourne, its dense Victorian interiors filled with William Morris wallpapers, stained glass and Chinese porcelain.

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Linley Sambourne House, museum in London
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Did you know

The house stayed largely unchanged for decades, and Sambourne's granddaughter Anne, Countess of Rosse, helped found the Victorian Society in 1957.

Local tip

Open 10am to 5:30pm with last entry at 4:30pm, and closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. Tickets are sold online through the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea museums page.

Finding it

Address
18 Stafford Terrace, London W8 7BH
Nearest station
High Street Kensington (Tube), 251 m away

Details change, so check with the place before you set off.

More places nearby

  • Design MuseumMuseum · 250 m awayA free museum of product, industrial, graphic and architectural design, housed since 2016 in the restored former Commonwealth Institute building in Kensington.
  • Safestay London Kensington Holland ParkHostel · 450 m awayA hostel occupying the surviving East Wing of Holland House, a Grade I-listed Jacobean mansion set inside Holland Park itself.
  • Leighton HouseMuseum · 500 m awayThe former home and studio of Victorian painter Frederic Leighton in Holland Park, built around an elaborate tiled Arab Hall inspired by his travels through the Middle East.
  • Kyoto Garden, Holland ParkPark · 600 m awayA Japanese garden with a waterfall and koi pond, gifted to Holland Park by the Chamber of Commerce of Kyoto in 1991.

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