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Friendsofkenwood The Friends of the Iveagh Bequest, more well-known as the Friends of Kenwood, was formed in 1979 to p

Kenwood House is an outstanding example of 18th Century architecture by architect Robert Adam, containing one of the nation's great art collections. Kenwood Estate is a stunning landscape adjoining Hampstead Heath, largely unchanged from its early 19th century layout

The Friends of the Iveagh Bequest, more well-known as the Friends of Kenwood, was formed in 1979 to promote and preserve the special qualities of Kenwood.

Read this! 2,000,000 pairs of feet on this carpet! The is a really important source of funding for projects at Kenwood ...
26/05/2026

Read this! 2,000,000 pairs of feet on this carpet! The is a really important source of funding for projects at Kenwood House which might otherwise be hard to fund! But SO important! So BIG THANKS to the bookshop volunteers for voting to contribute to the cost of this essential carpet replacement!
The bookshop is open every day!
It’s entirely run by volunteers which means all money stays at for such essential projects.
YOU can support them by buying books or by donating good reads you no longer want. It’s a great bookshop!
The brainchild of a quiet genius.

Interesting tours for members of all this week! (Impressive artwork too)
23/05/2026

Interesting tours for members of all this week! (Impressive artwork too)

20 May 1975 Barbara Hepworth died in . She created ‘Monolith (Empyrean)’ in 1953 and you can find it at . It’s a m...
20/05/2026

20 May 1975 Barbara Hepworth died in . She created ‘Monolith (Empyrean)’ in 1953 and you can find it at . It’s a memorial to her son and the words on the new sign next to the sculpture are taken from the catalogue she wrote for her Whitechapel Gallery show in 1954.

Beat this anyone! And there’s more..
17/05/2026

Beat this anyone! And there’s more..

14 May 1727, Thomas Gainsborough was baptised in Sudbury, . He painted this portrait of Joseph Merlin, inventor, clo...
14/05/2026

14 May 1727, Thomas Gainsborough was baptised in Sudbury, . He painted this portrait of Joseph Merlin, inventor, clock- and musical instrument-maker in 1781. Merlin (who only referred to himself as Joseph Merlin, but who was baptised as Jean-Joseph) came to England in 1760 from Wallonia. The portrait normally hangs at and is part of the . It’s just been at the for its groundbreaking exhibition ‘Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture’. Once you’ve seen Gainsborough’s work in London, go and see it in his birthplace!

Another windy day forecast for Wednesday 29 April. Gusts of 39mph forecast so Kenwood house, estate, car park, cafe will...
28/04/2026

Another windy day forecast for Wednesday 29 April. Gusts of 39mph forecast so Kenwood house, estate, car park, cafe will all be closed.

A wall of white. Time for a weekend visit!
25/04/2026

A wall of white. Time for a weekend visit!

21/04/2026

The sweetest of scents as you enter Kenwood by the East Lodge gate. The rhododendrons are beginning! Time for a walk at ...
12/04/2026

The sweetest of scents as you enter Kenwood by the East Lodge gate. The rhododendrons are beginning! Time for a walk at

One of Kenwood’s great paintings currently The Frick Collection Lady Howe: the main image for the show. Can’t get bett...
07/04/2026

One of Kenwood’s great paintings currently The Frick Collection
Lady Howe: the main image for the show. Can’t get better than that! Kenwood

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