Sir John Soane’s Museum: architect’s most private rooms open to public for first time

Architect Sir John Soane was a master of space saving. Get ideas from his restored family home.
Meticulous work: the restoration of Soane’s private rooms was helped by a watercolour from 1825 of the architect’s own bedroom, by the celebrated artist Joseph Gandy. Image: Gareth Gardener
Philippa Stockley17 February 2016

As part of a £7.5 million project to restore and refurbish Sir John Soane’s Museum in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, the renowned architect’s most private rooms are to be opened to the public for the first time in 160 years.

Ahead of his time
Detail: 1825 watercolour of Soane's bathroom by Joseph Gandy
Just like the picture: the restored rooms follow the designs captured by Gandy's paintings
All in the detail
Sunny: Eliza Soane's morning room

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