(Photo: The Emery Walker Trust)
Open:
Saturday 14:00–17:00
+ Sunday 14:00–17:00
Description:
No. 7 Hammersmith Terrace is one of a terrace of 17 Georgian houses overlooking the Thames at the west end of Hammersmith’s Upper Mall.
It was home (from 1903 until his death in 1933) to Emery Walker, the great printer and antiquary, who helped his friend and neighbour William Morris to set up the Kelmscott Press.
After Walker’s death, his daughter Dorothy preserved the house as it had been in her father’s lifetime. Full of original William Morris wallpapers, textiles and furniture, it is the best-preserved Arts and Crafts interior in Britain.
The house was a private home until recently and opened to the public for the first time in 2005. Due to its fragile nature, the house can only take a few hundred visitors a year on guided tours from April to September.
Features of the garden include a raised platform at the end overlooking the Thames, original terracotta tiles from the late 1890s, a grapevine grown from a cutting taken at Hogarth's House around 1900, and a Cotswold stone alpine trough.
The planting still reflects some of Emery Walker's daughter Dorothy's additions such as the roses. The Emery Walker Trust has plans to recreate more of Dorothy's planting choices.
Gardeners:
Emery Walker Trust volunteers + Chris Williams
Activities:
Shop open.
Entrance:
7 Hammersmith Terrace
Nearest postcode: W6 9TS
Buses:
27, 190, 267, 391, H91
Station:
Stamford Brook
Access:
No wheelchair access; steps up to house and down to garden; different levels at the end of the garden; can be slippery when wet.
Dogs:
Working assistance dogs only
Conditions:
Limited entry in half-hour slots.
Further information:
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Last updated: 06/03/2010