Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery
Sir John Soane
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Mattock Lane, Ealing, W5 5EQ
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Toilets, Disabled access, Bookshop, Family activities during open house festival, Refreshments
Travel Information
subwayNearest tube: Ealing Broadway, South Ealing
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Nearest train: Ealing Broadway
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Bus routes: 65, 207, 427, 483
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Designed by Sir John Soane as a family home and country residence. Following a three-year conservation project, Pitzhanger has been returned to Soane’s innovative original design and re-opened to the public in March 2019.
Events
- Saturday 4th September
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Free Entry to Pitzhanger Manor & Galleryschedule Time: 10am to 5pmAdvance free tickets should be booked through Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery's website. Please note our normal entry charges will apply on the day this weekend.Exterior Building Tourschedule Time: 11.30am to 12.15pmgroup Capacity: 15Tours to be booked in advance on Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery's website. https://www.pitzhanger.org.uk/whatson/open-house-2021-exterior-building-tour/. Please note a ticket to the tour does not include entry into Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery which must be booked seperately. To coincide with the current exhibition, Soane Restored, join this perimeter tour of Sir John Soane’s country manor. The tour will recount how Soane designed the building to be an expression of his own life and work which tells the story of his architectural, artistic and intellectual influences. Revealing the crafts skills involved in the restoration, the tour will explain how the project included a reinstatement of the building’s original layout. Revealing some of the processes of restoration, the tour will look at the re-creation of the decorative elements, such as caryatids, urns and stone roundels, that were derived from classical antiquity.BLS Interpreted Exterior Building Tourschedule Time: 2pm to 2.45pmgroup Capacity: 6Please note this tour is specifically aimed at D/deaf audiences who would like to access a tour with BSL Interpretation. https://www.pitzhanger.org.uk/whatson/open-house-2021-bsl-interpreted-exterior-building-tour/. Please note a ticket to the tour does not include entry into Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery which must be booked seperately. To coincide with the current exhibition, Soane Restored, join this perimeter tour of Sir John Soane’s country manor. The tour will recount how Soane designed the building to be an expression of his own life and work which tells the story of his architectural, artistic and intellectual influences. Revealing the crafts skills involved in the restoration, the tour will explain how the project included a reinstatement of the building’s original layout. Revealing some of the processes of restoration, the tour will look at the re-creation of the decorative elements, such as caryatids, urns and stone roundels, that were derived from classical antiquity.
- Sunday 5th September
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Advance Free Entry to Pitzhanger Manor & Galleryschedule Time: 10am to 5pmAdvance free tickets should be booked through Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery's website. Please note our normal entry charges will apply for those turning up on the day this weekend.SEND Family Workshop: Architecture Storiesschedule Time: 10.30am to 12.30pmgroup Capacity: 30Explore architecture as a family, contribute to a collaborative sculpture and use sound to tell the story of a building. Please note this event is specifically aimed at children with special educational needs accompanied by their parents or carers. Suitable for all ages.Exterior Building Tourschedule Time: 11.30am to 12.15pmgroup Capacity: 15Tours to be booked in advance on Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery's website. https://www.pitzhanger.org.uk/whatson/open-house-2021-exterior-building-tour/. Please note a ticket to the tour does not include entry into Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery which must be booked seperately. To coincide with the current exhibition, Soane Restored, join this perimeter tour of Sir John Soane’s country manor. The tour will recount how Soane designed the building to be an expression of his own life and work which tells the story of his architectural, artistic and intellectual influences. Revealing the crafts skills involved in the restoration, the tour will explain how the project included a reinstatement of the building’s original layout. Revealing some of the processes of restoration, the tour will look at the re-creation of the decorative elements, such as caryatids, urns and stone roundels, that were derived from classical antiquity.SEND Family Workshop: Architecture Storiesschedule Time: 1.30pm to 3.30pmgroup Capacity: 30Explore architecture as a family, contribute to a collaborative sculpture and use sound to tell the story of a building. Please note this event is specifically aimed at children with special educational needs accompanied by their parents or carers. Suitable for all ages.Exterior Building Tourschedule Time: 2pm to 2.45pmgroup Capacity: 15Tours to be booked in advance on Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery's website. https://www.pitzhanger.org.uk/whatson/open-house-2021-exterior-building-tour/. Please note a ticket to the tour does not include entry into Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery which must be booked seperately. To coincide with the current exhibition, Soane Restored, join this perimeter tour of Sir John Soane’s country manor. The tour will recount how Soane designed the building to be an expression of his own life and work which tells the story of his architectural, artistic and intellectual influences. Revealing the crafts skills involved in the restoration, the tour will explain how the project included a reinstatement of the building’s original layout. Revealing some of the processes of restoration, the tour will look at the re-creation of the decorative elements, such as caryatids, urns and stone roundels, that were derived from classical antiquity.
- Saturday 11th September
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Sir John Soane’s Birthday Festivalschedule Time: 10am to 5pmAll activities are accessible with a free ticket to Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery bookable in advance via our website. Family friendly building tours. A demonstration of the historic paint recreation techniques used for the Chinese Wallpaper room, with the painter involved. - Self-guided activities including crafts inspired by the amazing crafts skills used in the restoration, a dressing up box of historic costume and Self-guided tours of the manor and nature trails of Walpole Park.Exterior Building Tourschedule Time: 11.30am to 12.15pmgroup Capacity: 15Tours to be booked in advance on Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery's website. https://www.pitzhanger.org.uk/whatson/open-house-2021-exterior-building-tour/.Please note a ticket to the tour does not include entry into Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery which must be booked seperately. To coincide with the current exhibition, Soane Restored, join this perimeter tour of Sir John Soane’s country manor. The tour will recount how Soane designed the building to be an expression of his own life and work which tells the story of his architectural, artistic and intellectual influences. Revealing the crafts skills involved in the restoration, the tour will explain how the project included a reinstatement of the building’s original layout. Revealing some of the processes of restoration, the tour will look at the re-creation of the decorative elements, such as caryatids, urns and stone roundels, that were derived from classical antiquity.Exterior Building Tourschedule Time: 2pm to 2.45pmgroup Capacity: 15Tours to be booked in advance on Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery's website. https://www.pitzhanger.org.uk/whatson/open-house-2021-exterior-building-tour/.Please note a ticket to the tour does not include entry into Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery which must be booked seperately. To coincide with the current exhibition, Soane Restored, join this perimeter tour of Sir John Soane’s country manor. The tour will recount how Soane designed the building to be an expression of his own life and work which tells the story of his architectural, artistic and intellectual influences. Revealing the crafts skills involved in the restoration, the tour will explain how the project included a reinstatement of the building’s original layout. Revealing some of the processes of restoration, the tour will look at the re-creation of the decorative elements, such as caryatids, urns and stone roundels, that were derived from classical antiquity.
- Sunday 12th September
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Sir John Soane’s Birthday Festivalschedule Time: 10am to 5pmAll activities are accessible with a free ticket to the Manor and Gallery bookable in advance via our website. Family friendly building tours. A demonstration of the historic paint recreation techniques used for the Chinese Wallpaper room, with the painter involved. - Self-guided activities including crafts inspired by the amazing crafts skills used in the restoration, a dressing up box of historic costume and Self-guided tours of the manor and nature trails of Walpole Park.Exterior Building Tourschedule Time: 11.30am to 12.15pmgroup Capacity: 15Tours to be booked in advance on Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery's website. https://www.pitzhanger.org.uk/whatson/open-house-2021-exterior-building-tour/.Please note a ticket to the tour does not include entry into Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery which must be booked seperately. To coincide with the current exhibition, Soane Restored, join this perimeter tour of Sir John Soane’s country manor. The tour will recount how Soane designed the building to be an expression of his own life and work which tells the story of his architectural, artistic and intellectual influences. Revealing the crafts skills involved in the restoration, the tour will explain how the project included a reinstatement of the building’s original layout. Revealing some of the processes of restoration, the tour will look at the re-creation of the decorative elements, such as caryatids, urns and stone roundels, that were derived from classical antiquity.Exterior Building Tourschedule Time: 2pm to 2.45pmgroup Capacity: 15Tours to be booked in advance on Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery's website. https://www.pitzhanger.org.uk/whatson/open-house-2021-exterior-building-tour/. Please note a ticket to the tour does not include entry into Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery which must be booked seperately. To coincide with the current exhibition, Soane Restored, join this perimeter tour of Sir John Soane’s country manor. The tour will recount how Soane designed the building to be an expression of his own life and work which tells the story of his architectural, artistic and intellectual influences. Revealing the crafts skills involved in the restoration, the tour will explain how the project included a reinstatement of the building’s original layout. Revealing some of the processes of restoration, the tour will look at the re-creation of the decorative elements, such as caryatids, urns and stone roundels, that were derived from classical antiquity.
Design
- Original design
- Dance wing: George Dance the Younger, 1768
- Original design
- Sir John Soane, 1800
- Restoration
- Julian Harrap Architects, 2018
- Refurbishment
- Jestico + Whiles, 2018