Sambourne House

wow, what a special gem! This townhouse is still set back in time, like it has been untouched for 100+ years! So so beautiful, if you love maximalist, antique interior design and visiting a real, lived-in looking family house. The staff on site were also very kind to offer some details or facts about each room! Would definitely visit again!

I've wanted to visit since 1989 so I was delighted to finally get here! Loved the character, the staff were amazing and the atmosphere perfect. I loved that a staff member swept the stairs as I was in the bedroom, the sound just emphasised that this was a home, not a sterile museum. Recommended 100x especially for children covering Victorians at school. Brilliant

What a jewel box! So pleased I heard about this place (oddly, via Instagram). Frozen in time, beautiful moody Victorian decor. Well worth a visit. Accessibility note, as it mentioned on the website, not buggy friendly but you can store a limited number in the basement.

I did this as a combined ticket with Leighton House. You would have to REALLY love Victorian interiors otherwise. It’s a dark brooding house with steep stairs but the interiors are stunningly evocative and very much of the period. The entrance is well hidden with very steep stairs down as entry is through the basement.

We were very lucky to get a free tour which I recommend as you get no context or stories about the house otherwise. Each room has so many beautiful things inside it. Paintings, ceramics, furniture and more. You see more things as you look around. It’s an absolutely stunning house to look around

What a fantastic place to visit! I conveniently, and unintentionally, arrived 5 minutes before a guided tour was due to begin. I gladly took up the offer of joining the tour, it was brilliant and informative. I’m not all that interested in art, I went for the nostalgia and history of the house, but I enjoyed every single second and would definitely go back again. I purchased the 2 house ticket and also enjoyed my visit to Leighton house down the road. Absolutely recommend both to everyone!

Such a gorgeous place, heritage of splendid Victorian style. Take all the time you need to explore this beautiful house with 4 floors, all visitable, in Holland Park, and to look at all the precious objects delightfully disposed everywhere. It’s like travelling in a time capsule, the interiors are perfectly preserved. Sambourne was an artist and his wife spent lots of her energies to decorate their family residence. It shows. It’s so unique and personal. I loved everything and was fascinated by this piece of history.

I love visiting historic houses in London. I purchased a ticket to see both Sambourne House and Leighton House which was good value. It takes approximately half and hour to tour this house. It is filled with a lot of artefacts so lots to see. There's a toilet, gift shop, no cafe.

Home to the cartoonist Edward Linley Sanbourne, this is a great place to visit if you want to be taken back in time to late 19th century London. Visited in Sep. 2009. The guided tour is great, the actress impersonating the family's parlour maid was witty and funny, the house is actually smaller than you would think. Period furniture and accessories, including "artistic" pictures of naked models in the master bathroom! Thoroughly enjoyable experience.

This house is the same ideas as other historic building with famous previous tenants which displays their art and belongings but this house gives you the opportunity to experience what it was really like to be a guest of the Sambourns'. Dinner served with costumed actors who recreate scenes and events from the personal diaries of members of the Sambourn family. This is a truly interactive experience and sets the house apart from other historic landmarks. The price is £20 per person and dinner is limited to 12 people, we wouldn't want to over work Mrs. Sambourn would we. Linley Sambourn was a cartoonists and photographer ( make sure to check out the pervey pictures in the bathroom) due to his success he and his family lived in a chic Victorian Townhouse, the great thing about this museum is that most of the furniture and fittings are original and not just examples of what it would have been like, such as you find at other museums.