9th May 2025
Stepping onto the grounds of the Charterhouse, it quickly becomes evident that women have been present on the site throughout...
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Robin Isherwood, the Preacher at the Charterhouse, yesterday remembered the charity’s founder Thomas Sutton in our annual short memorial service, and pondered the different attitudes to the poor, and...
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Here at the Charterhouse we’re the proud custodians of three hives which now live up on the Queen’s Walk and which are cared for by our beekeeping partner Dale Gibson of Bermondsey Street Bees. Our...
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The Charterhouse is delighted to announce the appointment of Major General Andrew Ritchie CBE as the new Chair of the Governors, and Julian Marczak as the charity’s first Director of Operations. Andrew...
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I came to volunteer at the Charterhouse in April 2017, and I have enjoyed volunteering at this special historic place. Over time while supporting the guides and the Brothers with their tours, I began to...
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My name is Flo and I have just finished my 8-week placement at the Charterhouse, as part of my MA course in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester. When I first began thinking about my placement...
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This painting represents an imaginary scene of the Carthusian martyrs at Tyburn on 4 May 1535. It depicts John Houghton, Prior of the London Charterhouse together with Robert Lawrence, Prior of Beauvale,...
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The Blitz in London began on 7 September 1940, and for 56 out of the following 57 days and nights the Luftwaffe launched attacks on major cities and industrial targets. The attacks continued into 1941,...
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This month’s object of the month will instead be looking at a specific area of Charterhouse’s history. To coincide with the start of the World Cup we will be looking at the Charterhouses links...
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This iron chest on display in our museum has been at the Charterhouse since the 17th century. It was made in Germany or the Netherlands by Jacobus Brebes and although its exact origins are not known it...
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The ceiling of the Great Chamber, created in the 16th century and destroyed almost entirely in the 20th century, has played a complex role in the changing hands of the Charterhouse. The Great Chamber was...
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Hello, my name is Courtney Courington and I have just completed my Year 10 work experience at The Charterhouse. Having never heard of it before, despite walking past several times, I was intrigued as to...
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Hi my name is Emily, and I am a Learning Volunteer at the Charterhouse. I am currently working with Cynthia, the Learning Programme Manager, on the development and delivery of a Special Education project...
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