From the Kitchen: Salmon en Croûte
A perfect summer recipe and a real treat when our Kitchen team make it for our residents, this is another dish through which we can trace interesting histories. The dish’s name references its French...
Read more9th May 2025
Stepping onto the grounds of the Charterhouse, it quickly becomes evident that women have been present on the site throughout...
Read moreA perfect summer recipe and a real treat when our Kitchen team make it for our residents, this is another dish through which we can trace interesting histories. The dish’s name references its French...
Read moreStepping onto the grounds of the Charterhouse, it quickly becomes evident that women have been present on the site throughout its history. A portrait of Queen Elizabeth I hangs proudly in The Great Chamber,...
Read moreAlthough we know that Eccles cakes are traditionally made in Lancashire, our Head Chef Mauricio makes a strong contender here in London. In fact, they are so popular at the Charterhouse that they were...
Read moreIn a bid to help define the lush Norfolk Garden Justin Dennis, Head of Horticulture at the Charterhouse, contacted me to help with a design challenge. Set against the backdrop of a Tudor brick wall, onto...
Read moreÉilis Brito and Emilia Osztafi completed a curatorial micro-internship with the Charterhouse in December 2024. Their research focused on the archival analysis of scrapbooks and diaries relating to the...
Read moreLucianna Cartwright and Yidan Xu completed a micro-internship with the Oxford University Heritage Network and the London Charterhouse in Michaelmas term 2024. They were tasked with researching design and...
Read moreAnnabel Brodersen and Caroline Croasdaile completed a curatorial research micro-internship between the Oxford University Heritage Network and the Charterhouse in December 2024. Their project explored the...
Read moreThe Charterhouse historic archives, or the Sutton’s Hospital in Charterhouse archives as they are officially called, are deposited with The London Archives. There are 123 linear meters of records, so...
Read more“Along the way I have made friends, laughed, learned and been inspired. Thank you.” We were delighted to have had the opportunity to deliver a new series of masterclasses, Neighbouring Histories, in Autumn/Winter...
Read moreThis will be my fourth Christmas as a Charterhouse Brother and it began in July with the question, ‘Do we want another amateur entertainment for the Christmas party?’ The Ayes had it. Attendance at...
Read more‘Rude and irregular’ is how a 1761 surveyor described the Charterhouse’s buildings, when the site had already been an almshouse providing accommodation for pensioners, known as Brothers, for over...
Read moreCommunal dining is essential for the residents of the Charterhouse, an almshouse established in the early 17th century still existing to this day, and has been ever since its foundation. We were lucky...
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