10th December 2025
The Charterhouse Water Maps are four illustrated manuscripts that depict the water system that was built c.1450 to provide...
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The Charterhouse Water Maps are four illustrated manuscripts that depict the water system that was built c.1450 to provide the London Charterhouse with fresh running water. They are also technical drawings...
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Is there anything that says ‘summer’ quite like the sight and smell of a lavender bed in full sunshine, buzzing with bees? It’s one of the season’s true pleasures and surely a contributing...
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The Charterhouse, behind high walls on the edge of the City of London, has seen centuries of history and feels far removed from the hustle and bustle of the metropolis. Today the Charterhouse is the site...
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“My aim is to bring new voices into the narrative” As I outlined in my previous blog, I am undertaking a DPhil, another name for a PhD, and in my case it is a Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA), sometimes...
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This first report from the summer internships in partnership with the Oxford University Careers Service Micro-internship programme and the Crankstart Scholarship programme, addresses questions about Roger...
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Stepping 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,...
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Although 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...
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Éilis 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...
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Lucianna 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...
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Annabel 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...
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“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...
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Communal 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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