An 18th Century time capsule in Spitalfields, London which is open to the public for daytime and eve The house is a time capsule - sometimes opened up.
Its creator was Dennis Severs, an artist who used his visitors' imaginations as his canvas and who lived in the house in much the same way as its original occupants might have done in the early 18th Century. Dennis Severs called his unique spectators sport "still-life drama", and his goal was to provide his visitors with a rare moment in which to become as lost in another time as they appear to be in their own.
Operating as usual
Far up to carefully concealed secrets; to skeletons stored in cupboards, ghosts and over-crowding. To children and servants kept in attics; to a place with no way of escape, we rise up in revolution.
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Dennis Severs 1948 - 1999
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Far up to carefully concealed secrets; to skeletons stored in cupboards, ghosts and over-crowding. To children and servants kept in attics; to a place with no way of escape, we rise up in revolution.
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Dennis Severs 1948 - 1999
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Standing before you in all its glory is the toilet mirror from the Queen Anne period, owned by Elizabeth Jarvis’ Grandmother. A unique part of the Oriental inspired master bedroom created by Dennis Severs and so fashionable in the late 18th century. Laden with all her possessions of beautification, the pearls that adorned her neck and her wig whose feathers patiently rest upon the stand to the left. Take note of her gloves, fan and shoe buckles, all casually cast aside creating the illusion of life, interrupted, not absent but still like a painting.
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Please help keep the home fires of Dennis Severs’ House burning! Treat yourself or give the gift of one of our new online vouchers to family or friends - something to look forward to! Our gift vouchers are undated so can be redeemed at any time.
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Every gift voucher purchased goes a long way in helping us maintain our historic house through this period of closure. One of our most popular visits is the ’Exclusive Silent Night’. A magical wander by candlelight through the house’s ten rooms after which you are able to sit by a roaring fire of your choice, champagne in hand with the opportunity to ask the curatorial team any questions you may have in an informal atmosphere.
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Please visit the link in our bio to our online shop ☝️
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Thank you so much for all your messages of support. Please continue to stay safe and well and keep in touch.
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From all at Dennis Severs’ House x
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“What will you see, then, when the door is opened? It is a gate, a pathway into another time. An adventure of the imagination.”
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- Dennis Severs 1948 - 1999
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Here is the kitchen the warm and welcoming hub of this 18th Century home, the domain of the house cook Rebecca Philpot - four feet five inches tall, with bright red hair and blue eyes who can on occasion behave like a herring on a griddle.
Her motto: Never mind your own business.
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In this current climate Dennis Severs’ House needs your help! By purchasing one of our gift vouchers it will go a long way in helping maintain our historic building through this period of closure. Please consider buying one as a gift for a friend or a family member as something exciting to look forward to. They are undated so can be used at any time, as soon as we reopen.
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One of our most popular is the ‘Silent Night’ gift voucher, a chance to visit the house in the evening when it is at it’s most stunning and mysterious. With the fires ablaze and candles lit, immerse yourself in one of the richest periods of Spitalfields history at our 18th Century home.
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Please click on the link in our bio to purchase ☝️
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We hope it won’t be too long before the doors of Dennis Severs’ House will open once more but in the meantime please stay safe and well and keep in touch x
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Thank you so much for being part of our very first Instagram take over and a most mouth watering one at that! You set a much needed cheerful challenge for us to do at home.
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Having wetted our appetite for home baking we thought we must share some historic recipes from 18 Folgate Street. So keep your eyes peeled for delights such as dandelion wine and marrow pickle two of Rebecca Philpot’s absolute favourites.
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I hope you’ve all had an enjoyable and safe Easter weekend. Thanks SO much to for having me - I’ve absolutely loved doing this little Instagram takeover and sharing my love of patterns and gingerbread with you all!
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If you’ve been inspired to make some decorative gingerbread tiles yourself then please do share your pics using the hashtag - I’d love to see them. Here are a few examples of real life patterns that I’ve taken and transformed into edible versions. I just love taking inspiration from interiors, particularly ones so rich and full of interest as the rooms in Dennis’s House. As well as tiles, I also enjoy focusing on the details in antique furniture design and fireplaces; my favourite part of the Christmas DSH building was making the gingerbread chairs and tables to go in the miniature gingerbread dining room.
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I’ve also previously made a whole series of cakes featuring the round, symmetrical patterns of old, cast iron coal covers (like manhole covers). There really are beautiful patterns everywhere you look and there’s no reason they can’t make incredible bakes.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
If you’d like some more gingerbread and baking inspiration please follow me over on . Wishing you all a lovely Easter Monday. 👋
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I hope you’ve all had an enjoyable and safe Easter weekend. Thanks SO much to for having me - I’ve absolutely loved doing this little Instagram takeover and sharing my love of patterns and gingerbread with you all!
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If you’ve been inspired to make some decorative gingerbread tiles yourself then please do share your pics using the hashtag - I’d love to see them. Here are a few examples of real life patterns that I’ve taken and transformed into edible versions. I just love taking inspiration from interiors, particularly ones so rich and full of interest as the rooms in Dennis’s House. As well as tiles, I also enjoy focusing on the details in antique furniture design and fireplaces; my favourite part of the Christmas DSH building was making the gingerbread chairs and tables to go in the miniature gingerbread dining room.
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I’ve also previously made a whole series of cakes featuring the round, symmetrical patterns of old, cast iron coal covers (like manhole covers). There really are beautiful patterns everywhere you look and there’s no reason they can’t make incredible bakes.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
If you’d like some more gingerbread and baking inspiration please follow me over on . Wishing you all a lovely Easter Monday. 👋
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@ Dennis Severs' House
Wishing you a very happy Easter Sunday! I hope you’re having a lovely sunny weekend.
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For those of you who fancy doing some baking this weekend, check our Instagram stories for my trusty gingerbread recipe (for a written version, including baking temps and times), along with some examples of how I like to recreate patterns. As you can see, I LOVE using a combination of painted edible metallic + detailed piped royal icing. My decorations tend to keep quite a lot of the gingerbread visible, because I love the contrast of the deep brown background and don’t like to add too much icing/sugar to the overall flavour of the biscuits.
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If you’ve been inspired to make your own edible tiles, there are all sorts of great decoration materials you can find in your kitchen cupboard: nuts (almonds are perfect) and/or dried fruit create really interesting textures (as well as enhancing the flavour of the finished product) and can be attached using a little royal icing (egg white mixed with icing sugar) or melted sugar. If you do have some fondant icing that’s a really easy way of creating a pattern – simply roll it out, use a normal kitchen knife to cut out shapes, and build up the design as you go. Or if you have a stash of family favourite biscuits, think about how you could cut them into useful shapes to form your pattern; chocolate fingers and pink wafers are particularly good for this. Use a sharp or serrated knife to slowly saw through them. Let me know how you get on!
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Emily from here! When it comes to translating an existing design to use in my baking projects, I always start by drawing some of the main elements on squared paper, just to get the dimensions roughed out. Or, if the object is accessible, I sometimes even trace patterns directly onto tracing paper (or baking parchment, which I tend to have lots of!)
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I spend some time getting the basic elements laid out, but then will often cut out shapes for the remainder of a design - from paper, card or biscuits (if I have offcuts to use up) - and physically move them around until I’m happy with it. And for my 3D gingerbread work I’ll build whole structures out of cardboard so I can cut and resize pieces as I go before I decide on the final design. I find this combination of rigidity and fluidity results in new, creative, but achievable designs.
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Tomorrow I’m going to share my classic gingerbread recipe with you, so if you’d like to bake some gingerbread tiles, spend some time mapping out the decoration today. Try plain/squared/parchment paper and pencils/pens to copy an existing design, or just cut out shapes and create your own symmetrical, tile-like pattern. I can’t wait to see what you come up with!
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@ Dennis Severs' House
Welcome to the first day of my Instagram takeover for ! I’m Emily from and I’m going to be sharing how I come up with exciting baking designs inspired by beautiful interiors (like Dennis Severs’ House). Hopefully you’ll also be inspired to try out some new ideas while baking at home this Easter weekend.
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Today’s pic is the wall in my kitchen-studio; as you’ll see, tile designs are a big influence on me. And there are SO MANY exquisite tiles throughout Dennis’s House - some so hidden you have to crouch to get a glimpse of them. (Swipe to see my personal favourite, a hand-painted tile of Gilbert & George 😍)
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I find the symmetry and detail of tile patterns work really well on cakes, biscuits and other treats, and you can choose how much of the pattern to use, keeping it simple or going all out recreating the glorious intricacies. (I tend to prefer the latter as I get really into piping lots of little lines and dots of icing.)
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Please comment below if you have any beautiful tiles in your home and are up for the challenge of recreating the design in baked form.
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Tomorrow I’ll be sharing all my top tips for exactly how to do that, so see you then! @ Dennis Severs' House
📣 News Flash - Instagram Takeover! 📣
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We are delighted to announce that our recent Christmas collaborator and all round baking genius Emily will be taking over our Instagram account this Easter! Needless to say we are ridiculously over excited to see what treats, challenges and culinary secrets she will share with us to get us baking at home! So dust off those oven mitts, get your apron on and keep your baking eyes peeled for her first post tomorrow!
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Please help Dennis Severs’ House through this period of closure. Treat yourself or give the gift of one of our new online vouchers to family or friends - something to look forward to!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Our gift vouchers are undated so can be redeemed at any time.
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For as little as £10 for a ‘Daytime Visit’ gift voucher you can enjoy a peaceful saunter through our ten historic rooms with the hubbub of Spitalfields Market as your backdrop. An imagined family of Huguenot silkweavers are in residence at 18 Folgate Street seemingly always just out of sight. Witness how the passage of time affects the silk trade from its early pomp to near collapse.
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Please visit the link in our bio to our online shop ☝️
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Above all please stay safe and well and keep in touch and thank you for your continuing support.
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From all at Dennis Severs’ House x
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The Honourable Madge Whitechapel is being well looked after and adapting admirably to her new surroundings - a new century indeed - in a contemporary gallery space in Bethnal Green thankfully not far from her usual home. Her Madgesty misses 18 Folgate Street with the endless nooks and crannies to explore and the many friendly spiders she had built up such a good rapport with over the years. On the upside she is absolutely flabbergasted by the invention ’the radiator’ and finds it particularly hard not to spend her entire day happily wedged underneath it. She has also developed quite a keen eye for contemporary art.
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Thank you IMT Gallery for taking care of our dear Madge. We will keep updating you with her progress and her newly acquired taste for the Contemporary London Art scene.
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📣 #❤️DSH CAMPAIGN 📣
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In this challenging time we have had to adapt quickly so we are setting up our first online gift voucher campaign - one small way in which we are appealing for your help.
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The online gift vouchers will be available for each of our various events from just £10 for a ‘Daytime Visit’ a peaceful saunter through the house in the light of the day with the hubbub of Spitalfields Market as your backdrop to £60 for an ’Exclusive Silent Night Visit’ a magical wander through the house’s ten rooms after which you are able to sit by a roaring fire of your choice, champagne in hand and an opportunity to ask the curatorial team any questions you may have in an informal atmosphere. Our gift vouchers will be undated so can be redeemed at any time.
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Please click the link in bio to visit our shop.
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This is just an initial spark from a dedicated team who are set on helping Dennis Severs’ House through this period of closure.
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None of us want to feel isolated at this difficult time - a house that is normally alive with (quiet!) bustle is doing its utmost to stay in constant virtual contact with all of its friends, neighbours and followers however far and wide.
In the meantime, please stay safe and well and keep in touch and thank you for your continuing support.
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From all at Dennis Severs’ House x ‘What will you see, then, when the door is opened? It is a gate, a pathway into another time. An adventure of the imagination.’
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- Dennis Severs 1948 - 1999
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#❤️DSH CAMPAIGN - As you may already be aware, for the safety of all our staff and visitors, the doors of Dennis Severs’ House will be closed for the foreseeable future. But fear not, a small team of us are squirrelled away determined to keep sharing the stories behind some of our favourite objects, material from our archive and badgering our curator for even more secrets about 18 Folgate Street.
None of us want to feel isolated at this difficult time - a house that is normally alive with (quiet!) bustle is doing its utmost to stay in constant virtual contact with all of its friends, neighbours and followers however far and wide.
In this challenging time we have had to adapt quickly so we are setting up our first online gift voucher campaign - one small way in which we are appealing for your help.
The online gift vouchers will be available for each of our various events from just £10 for a ‘Daytime Visit’ a peaceful saunter through the house in the light of the day with the hubbub of Spitalfields Market as your backdrop to £60 for an ’Exclusive Silent Night Visit’ a magical wander through the house’s ten rooms after which you are able to sit by a roaring fire of your choice, champagne in hand and an opportunity to ask the curatorial team any questions you may have in an informal atmosphere. Our gift vouchers will be undated so can be redeemed at any time. Please click the link in bio to visit our shop.
This is just an initial spark from a dedicated team who are set on helping Dennis Severs’ House through this period of closure.
The honourable Madge Whitechapel our resident cat will be fed, watered and well looked after, and is looking forward to greeting her many visitors when the house opens once again hopefully in the not too distant future.
In the meantime, please stay safe and well and keep in touch and thank you for your continuing support.
From all at Dennis Severs’ House x
‘What will you see, then, when the door is opened? It is a gate, a pathway into another time. An adventure of the imagination.’
- Dennis Severs 1948 - 1999
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For the safety of all our staff and visitors the doors of Dennis Severs’ House will be closed for the foreseeable future. But fear not a small team of us are squirrelled away determined to keep sharing the stories behind some of our favourite objects of 18 Folgate Street, material from our archive and badgering our curator for even more secrets about the house.
The honourable Madge Whitechapel will be fed, watered and well looked after and is looking forward to greeting her many visitors when the house opens once again hopefully in the not too distant future.
In the meantime please stay safe and well and keep in touch.
From all at Dennis Severs’ House
With grace, good humour and full command of 18 Folgate Street… almost but not quite. Happy Mother’s Day to Mrs Jervis currently scouring every nook and cranny of the household for the ‘amended’ pieces of china that her small daughter Miss Sophie Jervis has left in her wake amongst other mischief!
Our doors are open!
If you're looking for a cultural outing during this time Dennis Severs' House is a great option for social distancing.
We're spacing out visitors' entries during this time so visitors have enough space between them.
Open Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays & Sundays.
Once you step inside, it will seems like the Jervis family had just walked out just a minute before you walked in.
Dennis Severs' House is open today from 12 to 3:15pm last admission. No need to book!
As the the Gentle Author mentions on his article, anyone who's ever visited Dennis Severs' House will recognise this spectacular chimneypiece in the bedroom, a masterpiece by Simon Pettet.
Read all about Simon and his work at 18 Folgate Street here: http://bit.ly/simonpettettiles
⎜The French Connection⎜
We are very excited to announce ‘The French Connection: life in 18th Century Spitalfields', our first major collaboration with Huguenots of Spitalfields.
‘The French Connection’ is a rare opportunity to join an expertly guided walk weaving through historic Spitalfields revisiting the incredible story of the first refugees; the
Huguenots.
The walk will highlight many of the surviving gems of 18th Century Spitalfields, culminating in an exclusive candlelit tour through Dennis Severs’ House with an introduction by curator David Milne.
⎜Dates & Times⎜
7th May - 20th June 2020
(excluding the 28th of May the 6th of June)
Thursdays & Saturdays at 11am and 2pm
Running time approximately 2 hours
For tickets please click here:
http://bit.ly/DSHfrenchconnection
Happy International Women's day!
Go behind this door and become a silent time traveller.
Book your places and experience the 'Silent Night' visit at 18 Folgate Street: http://bit.ly/DSHvisit
📸 by Bianco Photography
The Nudge is here to help you organise the perfect date!
They've put together a collection of 100 London date ideas for you to impress your loved one. Of course they've included a candle light visit at Dennis Severs' House.
Read the full list here: http://bit.ly/dateideasDSH
For the last year and a half our incredibly talented friend Rebecca Wright has been drawing each of the main rooms of 18 Folgate Street.
“When I first saw Dennis Severs’ House on television a few years ago I immediately wanted to visit, it looked beautiful and eccentric. I am an illustrator and I was looking for a project. History, architecture and the curious have always interested me, so the house was a perfect fit.''
You can see and read all about her work on the Spitalfields Life: http://bit.ly/rebeccawrightDSH
''Dennis decided to supplement his income by conducting horse-drawn tours through the back streets of West London. He acquired carriage and horse and found stable and lodgings in a mews on Gloucester Road.
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By the late 70's, a developer had bought the stable, and Mr. Severs and his horse were evicted. According to The Daily Telegraph, the Queen responded to the publicity and offered Mr. Severs a stable in the Royal Mews. For several months, he accepted the offer and then moved on to other things.''
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An extract from the The New York Times.
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📸 Dennis Severs in Kensington in the late 70s.
As you approach the first floor landing, towering upon a table as a centrepiece is a 'Queensware' - or creamware - epergne, which rises up in tiers each decked with sweetmeats.
We love hearing from visitors about their experience at the house. Here's all about Homegirllondon's recent visit to 18 Folgate Street!
''You feel like you’re snooping around somewhere you shouldn’t be, which is thrilling and adds to the sense of drama. The staging for each room is intriguing, beguiling and atmospheric.''
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Buying my own house made me begin to reflect and ask myself just what - in my own mind - I wanted 'home' to be.''
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📸 Dennis Severs at 18 Folgate Street in the late 70s.
Our perfect plan for this half term? A visit to the home of the Jervis family! 😉
This week take the family to one of London's most atmospheric and immersive experiences. We are open Monday, Wednesday & Friday evening and Sunday morning.
For bookings visit: https://buff.ly/37ypdby
Happy Valentine's Day! ❤️
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In very sooth, you're always in my mind
My stricken heart, burns with affection kind
The wounds too deep, and past the Doctors art
Your Love alone, can ever ease the smart
Sincerity I boast and Love for you
You'll find me faithful, frank & fondly true
Many thanks to our friend Amanda O'Brien for including the house in her article about ''Unusual Experiences in London''!
''One of my favourite tourist attractions in London is the fantastic Dennis Sever’s House. Dennis Sever’s house is a living and breathing museum. It is made up of ten different rooms which are decorated in intricate detail.''
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''A domestic dream, with a low crooked ceiling and large dresser with colourful crockery stacked to its full height; a table of scrubbed pine covered with wooden bowls and baskets, all spilling over with green vegetables, white turnips, brown onions and bright orange carrots.
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This is undoubtedly the house's kitchen and the smell of freshly baked pastry, the light of candles and the warmth radiating from the fire that burns so merrily in an old kitchen range, all tell us so.''
18 Folgate Street
London
E16
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| Wednesday | 5pm - 9pm |
| Friday | 5pm - 9pm |
| Sunday | 12pm - 3:15pm |
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📣 News Flash - Instagram Takeover! 📣 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We are delighted to announce that our recent Christmas collaborator and all round baking genius Emily @gingerbreadmaid will be taking over our Instagram account this Easter! Needless to say we are ridiculously over excited to see what treats, challenges and culinary secrets she will share with us to get us baking at home! So dust off those oven mitts, get your apron on and keep your baking eyes peeled for her first post tomorrow! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🎥 by Benjie Croce ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #dennissevershouse #18thCentury #Victorian #History #Museum #TimeCapsule #Londoner #Photographer #Instaphoto #TimeCapsule #traveller #timeoutlondon #like4like #18thcentury #like #likeforlikeback #travel #instatravel #instagram #antiques #instagood #likeforlike #instagramtakeover #Easter #bake #bakingtips #imageoftheday #supportlocalbusiness #buylocal #comingsoon
December the 25th - Flinging open the shutters so the sound of the carollers from Spital Square fills the house, Sophie, with one last flurry, pins a sprig of festive green upon each of the household. It really is Christmas. Sophie’s Christmas. 🎥 by Benjie Croce
December the 16th - ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ My first baking experience, I can’t really remember, but there is a photo of me standing on a chair putting the finishing touches to an apple pie and I can’t be older than 4. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I was very lucky to grow up around lots of keen talented cooks in my family, so much so that I definitely took it a bit for granted. One of the best was my Great Aunt Margaret. She had the most fabulous kitchen and was a passionate foodie all her life. My mum and her were especially close so she inherited Margaret’s food diaries - one of them is a book in which she documented all the dinner parties she hosted, listing who came, what she cooked, what cocktails were served and then an overall rating on how the whole event had gone! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I always loved gingerbread houses, so much that my mum made me one instead of a birthday cake for my 5th birthday! I sort of fell into making things out of gingerbread a bit by accident, but it is the perfect edible building material. Unlike other biscuit recipes, it lasts a really long time without going stale, it’s relatively strong so you can build quite ambitious structures without fear of them breaking (well, within reason!) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Emily Garland from Maid of Gingerbread ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🎥 by Benjie Croce
December the 23rd - O you merry, merry souls, Christmas is a coming, We shall have flowing bowls, Dancing, piping, drumming. Hey for the Christmas Ball, Where we shall be jolly, Jigging short and tall, Kate, Dick, Ralph and Molly. Hodge shall dance with Prue, Keeping time with kisses, We’ll have a jovial crew. Of sweet smirking Misses. An extract from 'Christmas Entertainments 1740' 🎥 by Jim Le Fevre | Illustration by Ben Rea
December the 20th - Old Scrooge, nervous for having just seen a ghost, is out of bed and meanly poised in the armchair in the corner. Tiny Tim seated before the fire clings to his crutch wide eyed with hope. While Bill Sykes watches over captive Oliver Twist who is too distracted to ask for more. Little Nell and Grandfather, during their flight from London, take time to rest. The house’s motto is adamant that… ‘You either see it or you don’t.’ Dennis Severs 1948 - 1999
December the 11th - ‘Make no mistake… in this house it is not what you see, but what you have only just missed and are being asked to imagine’ Dennis Severs 1948 - 1999 🎥 by Jim Le Fevre
December the 9th - ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ‘Your guide tonight is human instinct…the one that leads you in the direction of light and warmth.’ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Dennis Severs 1948 - 1999
December the 7th - The game is : you hear the 18th Century Silkmaster Isaac Jervis, his family and his descendants still all around you - somewhere in the house. As you approach - they depart, as you depart they re-enter. Dennis Severs 1948 - 1999
December the 4th - ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Here is the kitchen the warm and welcoming hub of this 18th century home, the domain of the house cook Rebecca Philpot - four feet five inches tall, with bright red hair and blue eyes who can on occasion behave like a herring on a griddle. Her motto : Never mind your own business. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #Dennissevershouse #DennisSevers #18FolgateStreet #DSHchristmas #DSHchristmasinstallation #DSHchristmascalendar #Spitalfields #London bit.ly/DSHChristmas2018
The Dennis Severs' Christmas Advent Calendar has arrived - a little secret insight into 18 Folgate Street will be unlocked each day until Christmas! 🎁
The wait is over! 🎄🎁🎅 #TheChristmasInstallation arrives to 18 Folgate Street this Sunday! We will be open from 12 to 3:15pm last admission. *We expect long queues & suggest to arrive early to avoid disappointment bit.ly/DSHChristmas2018
On the 24th of November at 18 Folgate Street Christmas arrives...🎄 We are now nearly fully booked but we still have some spaces available on the 27th + 29th November and 4th of January. Bookings online: bit.ly/DSHChristmas2018
The residence of the Jervis is all decked out for Christmas! Join the family for an evocative and captivating experience where your senses will be your guide. Bookings online: bit.ly/DSHchristmas2017
The Annual Christmas Installation at Dennis Severs' House bit.ly/DSHchristmas2017
The Jervis Family is already getting ready for Christmas and they look forward to welcome you to their celebration. Book your tickets for the #AnnualChristmasInstallation and travel back in time to join #18Folgate's inhabitants for a very special evening lit by candlelight. Bookings: bit.ly/DSHchristmas2017
⎜Art Night 2017⎜ Join us this Saturday at 18 Folgate for this year's edition of Art Night which will take all over East London. As you enter Dennis Severs' House you might notice something a little twisted about the paintings on the walls. Come along and discover the work of the Jake and Dinos Chapman. The house will be open from 6pm to 11:30pm last admission. Free entry and no booking required.
We are very excited to announce we will be part of Art Night 2017 which will take place throughout East London during the night of Saturday 1st of July. This year's edition is organised by Whitechapel Gallery and Unlimited Productions. Art Night 2017 will see London’s East End transformed with free art, performance and music by some of the world’s leading artists for the night of Saturday 1 July 2017.
Only three weeks left for our Annual Christmas Installation! From the 25th of November 2016 to the 6th of January 2017, the spirit of Christmas will be brought back to 18 Folgate, welcoming guests into this fascinating world and on a unique and captivating journey through three centuries of human occupation. Tickets available at bit.ly/chridsh
Hundreds of people join us to hold their hands at Save Norton Folgate today. Thank you to everyone for your support! #SaveNortonFolgate
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