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South of the Centre Stephen Courtauld, of the
wealthy textile family, restored
the Great Hall and, next to it, he
built a house described as “a
wonderful combination of Holly-
wood glamour and Art Deco
design”. It has been superbly
restored – especially the circular
glass-domed entrance hall.
Note the carp-filled moat and
the 1930s garden.

s Horniman
Museum
100 London Rd SE23. Tel 020 8699
1872. 3 Forest Hill. Gardens: Open
7:15am–sunset Mon–Sat, 8am–sunset
Sun. Museum: Open 10:30am–5:30pm
daily. Animal Walk: Open 12:30–4pm
daily. Closed 24–26 Dec. & Aquarium
- = 7 Events & activities.
∑ horniman.ac.uk
Frederick Horniman, the tea
merchant, had this museum
built in 1901 to house the curios
he had collected on his travels
in the 1860s. It features a music
gallery, aquarium, world culture
displays and a natural history
gallery that contains a remarkable
A Jacobean fireplace at Charlton House collection of taxidermy and
skeletons, including the famous
p Charlton House 1608. Visitors can walk around Horniman Walrus. The gardens
the gardens, including the have a Victorian conservatory, a
Charlton Rd SE7. Tel 020 8856 3951.
3 Charlton. House: Open 9am–5pm Peace Garden. bandstand, a formal sunken
Mon–Fri. Grounds: Open 6am–10pm garden and a small petting zoo.
daily. Closed public hols, 25 Dec. a Eltham Palace
8 group tours available, book ahead. d Dulwich Picture
7 limited. - 9am–4pm Mon–Fri. Court Yard SE9. Tel 020 8294 2548.
∑ greenwichheritage.org/visit/ 3 Eltham then a 15-minute walk. Gallery
charlton-house Open Apr–Sep: 10am–6pm Sun–Thu; College Rd SE21. Tel 020 8693 5254.
Oct: 10am–5pm Sun–Thu; Nov–Mar: 3 West Dulwich, North Dulwich.
Completed in 1612 for Adam 10am–4pm Sun (plus extra days Open 10am–5pm Tue–Sun & bank
Newton, tutor to Prince Henry, during school holidays). Closed 1 Jan, hol Mon (last adm 4:30pm).
Charlton House has good river 25, 26 & 31 Dec. & 9 7 ^ 0 Closed 1 Jan, 24–26 Dec. &
views and is the best-preserved - = ∑ english-heritage.org.uk 8 3pm Sat & Sun. 7 - =
Jacobean mansion in London, ∑ dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk
which makes it well worth the This unique property lets visitors
tricky journey for enthusiasts of relive the grand life of England’s oldest public
that period. It is now used as a two very different art gallery, which
community centre and library, eras. In the 14th opened in 1817
but many of the orig inal ceilings century, English was designed by
and fireplaces survive, as does kings spent Sir John Soane
the carved main staircase. Parts Christmas in a (see pp140–41).
of the wood panelling, too, are splendid palace Its imaginative
original, and the ceilings have here. The Tudors use of skylights
been restored using the original used it as a base made it the proto-
moulds. The grounds contain for deer-hunting type of most art
a summer house reputedly but it fell in to ruin galleries built since.
designed by Inigo Jones, and a after the Civil It was commiss-
mulberry tree said to have War (1642–8). Rembrandt’s Jacob III de Gheyn at ioned to house
been planted by James I in In 1935 Dulwich Picture Gallery the royal

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