PITZHANGER MANOR (London) official review with video
The Pitzhanger comes with big names. It was designed by John Soane for his family, that is before he was to return to his city home in Holborn (now another museum in his name).
If you find the dark corridors and the hoarding-level of stuff in “Sir John Soane’s Museum” too claustrophobic, the Pitzhanger is rather the opposite – much of its treasure is long stripped (or sold off, a tragic story) from its supposed location.
Imagine here more of an explication of Soane as an architect and a family, home-building man.
(No one would wonder but still. When he bought the place he changed the “s” into the sassier “z”.)
You’re find yourself celebrating a man’s intellect and artistic inputs from all around the globe as you walk through painted marble and wood panels and books and work desks.
But as you enter his master bedroom – abruptly and to point of being marginally comical – the curator is to throw in a darker narrative.
The house was eventually put to sale in 1809 and at the same time he was overworking himself. And his naughty sons were nowhere close to the architects of a next generation that he wished to be. From this point, the dream of a “family home” was to be lost forever.
LOCATION. Same as the Pitzhanger Gallery.
Messenger me for free advice on traveling plans.
Time is asset: save it for better with 25-min museum tours. Or find yourself in my novel, check out the photo of the day and finish it off with a secret prize.
Date of visit: 2019.10
Tags - in_depth_tourism; museum; London_writer; London_travel; indie_writer; independent_blogger
If you find the dark corridors and the hoarding-level of stuff in “Sir John Soane’s Museum” too claustrophobic, the Pitzhanger is rather the opposite – much of its treasure is long stripped (or sold off, a tragic story) from its supposed location.
Imagine here more of an explication of Soane as an architect and a family, home-building man.
(No one would wonder but still. When he bought the place he changed the “s” into the sassier “z”.)
PITZHANGER MANOR (London)
You’re find yourself celebrating a man’s intellect and artistic inputs from all around the globe as you walk through painted marble and wood panels and books and work desks.
But as you enter his master bedroom – abruptly and to point of being marginally comical – the curator is to throw in a darker narrative.
The house was eventually put to sale in 1809 and at the same time he was overworking himself. And his naughty sons were nowhere close to the architects of a next generation that he wished to be. From this point, the dream of a “family home” was to be lost forever.
Clip: PITZHANGER MANOR (London)
LOCATION. Same as the Pitzhanger Gallery.
Messenger me for free advice on traveling plans.
Time is asset: save it for better with 25-min museum tours. Or find yourself in my novel, check out the photo of the day and finish it off with a secret prize.
Date of visit: 2019.10
Tags - in_depth_tourism; museum; London_writer; London_travel; indie_writer; independent_blogger
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