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Sambourne House

museum; 18 Stafford Terrace, London; home of Edward Linley Sambourne

  • TypeMuseums
  • WhereShepherds Bush, United Kingdom
  • Address18 Stafford Terrace, Kensington, London W8 7BH

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About Sambourne House

Sambourne House, previously known as 18 Stafford Terrace and Linley Sambourne House, was the home of the Punch illustrator Edward Linley Sambourne (1844–1910) in Kensington, London. The house, now Grade II* listed, is currently open to the public as a museum. In 1875 when the Sambournes moved in, 18 Stafford Terrace was an almost new townhouse.

Linley Sambourne and his wife Marion set about re-decorating the house in the Aesthetic style.

Today the house is a fine example of middle-class Aestheticism; its influences can still be seen permeating throughout the house, from decorative sunflower motifs in the stained glass windows, to the fine selection of William Morris wallpapers that hang within the rooms, through to the displayed collection of blue-and-white Chinese import porcelain.

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