Dennis Severs' House

The brainchild of eccentric designer and performer, Dennis Severs' House at 18 Folgate Street captures, in a series of evocative snapshots, 18th century life as experienced by a family of Huguenot silk weavers. Built in 1724, Severs transformed each individual room within the red-brick Georgian terraced house into evocative tableaux vivants designed to draw the visitor into another world and another all-encompassing experience. Visitors or guests are invited to explore, in total silence - by fire or candlelight - each of the ten rooms. Smells, sounds, and sensations suck visitors deeper into each tableau, enabling them to piece together every scene to produce a living creation. This historic gem deserves to be experienced as the creator intended - in silence and with an open mind.

VISITOR'S INFORMATION

Opening Times

First & 3rd Sun of each month from 12noon-4pm, Mondays following the 1st & 3rd Sun of the month from 12noon-2pm  Candlelight Tours every Mon eve (except Bank Holidays)

Travel 

Railway Stations

Shoreditch High Street Railway Station (5 minutes)

Liverpool Street Railway Station (6 minutes)

Underground Stations

Shoreditch Tube (CLOSED) (6 minutes)

Liverpool Street Tube (8 minutes)

Docklands Light Railway

Bank (17 minutes)

Tower Gateway (17 minutes) 

Car Parks 

Spitalfields Car Park (1 minute)

Great Eastern Street NCP (5 minutes)

Address: 

Dennis Severs' House, 

18 Folgate Street, 

Spitalfields,  

E1 6BX