Two Temple Place (January to April only)
Gays love beautiful Victorian interiors
One of central London's more striking best kept secrets, the friendly and welcoming Two Temple Place is a late Victorian mansion designed near the end of his life by neo-Gothic architect John Loughborough Pearson (1817–97) for wealthy New York-born patron William Waldorf Astor (1848–1919), who very much had a thing for fabulous grand staircases and elaborately detailed interiors. Entry is free but limited to the one annual exhibition, which runs from January to April. Plus lunch, tea and excellent Tangerine Dream-catered cakes. Located just a minute from Temple tube station and within easy reach of Waterloo Bridge (and the Southbank Centre) and, even closer, recommended destinations Temple Church and the Royal Courts of Justice.
Hours
Jan to April only: Mon 10am—4.30pm
Wed 10.30am—9pm
Thu to Sat 10am—4.30pm
Sun 11am—4.30pm
Hours
Jan to April only: Mon 10am—4.30pm
Wed 10.30am—9pm
Thu to Sat 10am—4.30pm
Sun 11am—4.30pm
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Sadly open only January to April.