The artist Dennis Severs furnished the house as if a family of weavers had only just left: candles are burning, leftovers lie on the table and sounds drift in from neighbouring rooms. Each room represents a different period, from the 18th to the 19th century. If you give yourself over to the silence, you experience the house like a film without a screen. Good after a visit to Spitalfields Market; the house is just round the corner.
Dennis Severs' House is a historical tourist attraction at 18 Folgate Street in Spitalfields, within the East End of Central London, England. Created by Dennis Severs, who owned and lived in the house from 1979 to 1999, it is intended as a "historical imagination" of what life would have been like inside for a family of Huguenot silk weavers. It is a Grade II listed Georgian terraced house. From 1979 to 1999 it was lived in by Dennis Severs, who gradually recreated the rooms as a time capsule in the style of former centuries. Severs' friend Dan Cruickshank said: "It was never meant to be an accurate historical creation of a specific moment – it was an evocation of a world. It was essentially a theatre set."
In 2021, a large trove of audio tapes were found, and were condensed to create a new Dennis Severs' Tour, conducted by an actor. The house's Latin motto is Aut Visum Aut Non!: "You either see it or you don't."
On a computer: scan the QR code with the iPhone camera, Traceflap takes the places into the trip guide. No account, nothing is stored, everything is in the link.
May we load partner offers from Travelpayouts and Stay22? The script turns links to travel providers into partner links, shows previews and sets cookies. Privacy
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
The Ten BellsVictorian corner pub opposite Spitalfields Market with tiled walls; closely tied to the history of Whitechapel.
Village UndergroundFormer warehouse in Shoreditch beneath old Tube carriages on the roof; concerts, club nights and culture.
