We queued in the rain to see 18 Folgate, the house that Dennis Severs made famous, then went via the cafe at Town House - which continues the Old Spitalfields them - to Bishopsgate Institute.
It's interesting to see it, and the owner who set up this "living museum", at the start of
this 1985 BBC programme (complete with
Brian Cook-style topographical title sequence); a more recent video, with the same presenter, is
here -
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The basement cafe at Townhouse gallery and antique shop
(I recommend the Bakewell cake) |
... and took in a tour of the
Bishopsgate Institute, set up in the mid-19th century for the education of working men and still offering courses, concerts, and talks -
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1890s tiles - when some needed restoring, the original
manufacturer still had the template on file |
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| Reference library and twice-restored dome |
The
diorama of Spitalfields was commissioned in 1972 and has been housed in the library since 2012 -
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