Kenwood
Robert and James Adam
Travel Information
subwayEvents
- Sunday 5th September
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Visit Kenwood's 18th-century Dairyschedule Time: 12pm to 4pmgroup Capacity: 20Visit Kenwood's ornamental dairy, designed and built for Louisa, 2nd Countess of Mansfield at the end of the 18th-century. The Wedgwood tiled 'Settling Room', where milk was made into cream, and the Countess's private tea room will be open 12pm to 4pm. Booking is not required but there may be a short wait.
- Saturday 11th September
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Kenwood Carriage Houseschedule Time: 12pm to 4pmgroup Capacity: 15Visit Kenwood's carriage house, built in the 1790s for the 2nd Earl of Mansfield and see two of Kenwood's hidden treasures - Lord Iveagh's four-in-hand Drag carriage and an Edwardian Romany vardo, once a regular site at the annual Hampstead Heath Fair. No booking required but as capacity is limited, expect a short wait.Kenwood's hidden Kitchen Gardenschedule Time: 12pm to 4pmVisit Kenwood's walled Kitchen Garden and find out more about the array of fruit and veg grown on the estate in the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as the work of Kenwood's 21st-century gardeners.
Visitors can arrive at any time during the opening hours.
There may be queues at busy times.
Design
- Original design
- Robert and James Adam, 1764
- Extension
- George Saunders, 1793
- Landscape design
- Humphrey Repton, 1793