Townhouse Spitalfields

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About Us

Lapada MemberTown House is a gallery, shop and coffee shop that has been in an early eighteenth century building opposite Hawksmoor’s Christ Church in Spitalfields, for more than twenty years.

During that time, it has gradually changed from an antique shop to one that now sells a range of ceramics, both new and old, books, art and interesting antiques when I find them. We also have a coffee shop in an old kitchen selling home made cakes, including Queen cakes made from a recipe that’s the same date as the building.

We host regular exhibitions by contemporary artists in the gallery across the courtyard behind the shop: Doreen Fletcher, Chris Thompson, Eleanor Crow and Nicholas Borden have all exhibited here recently. And for two months in the summer we hold Town House Open featuring works by new and known artists.

If you are interested in hearing about the exhibitions or workshops we host here, sign up to our mailing list, follow us on Instagram or visit us!

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Visit Us

Come and visit us in the heart of Spitalfields.
We welcome visitors Tuesday to Saturday 11am to 6pm
and Sunday 11.30am to 5.30pm.








Find Us

Tube: Liverpool Street
Overground: Shoreditch High Street
Bus: No 242 runs along Commercial Street, otherwise any that go to Bishopsgate
Opening Hours: Tues to Sat 11am – 6pm. Sun 11.30am – 5.30pm. Closed Bank Holidays.
Telephone: +44 20 7247 4745
Address: 5 Fournier Street, London, E1 6QE

Exhibitions and Events

To find out more about the items below, click on an image then click on the "read more" link.

Instagram

Once Upon a Time.... last day today to see these stunning paintings by @cthompson_art - open until 5.30pm #onceuponatime #exhibition #spitalfields

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Once Upon a Time.... last day today to see these stunning paintings by @cthompson_art - open until 5.30pm #onceuponatime #exhibition #spitalfields

Once Upon a Time.... last day today to see these stunning paintings by @cthompson_art - open until 5.30pm #onceuponatime #exhibition #spitalfields ...

This really conveys the wild allure of Wuthering Heights, part of Once Upon a Time, the exhibition of new work by @cthompson_art showing here until Sunday 19th (painting sold)

#onceuponatime #exhibition #spitalfields #gallery #wutheringheights #wildandalluring #housesinfiction

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This really conveys the wild allure of Wuthering Heights, part of Once Upon a Time, the exhibition of new work by @cthompson_art showing here until Sunday 19th (painting sold) #onceuponatime #exhibition #spitalfields #gallery #wutheringheights #wildandalluring #housesinfiction

This really conveys the wild allure of Wuthering Heights, part of Once Upon a Time, the exhibition of new work by @cthompson_art showing here until Sunday 19th (painting sold)

#onceuponatime #exhibition #spitalfields #gallery #wutheringheights #wildandalluring #housesinfiction ...

The Postmaster’s House from Once Upon a Time, our exhibition of work by @cthompson_art on until 19th November. Here Chris talks about painting houses and why they’re like people

A video of the whole exhibition is available on the events page of the website, see the link in bio

#onceuponatime #spitalfields #gallery #exhibition

Open
The Postmaster’s House from Once Upon a Time, our exhibition of work by @cthompson_art on until 19th November. Here Chris talks about painting houses and why they’re like people A video of the whole exhibition is available on the events page of the website, see the link in bio #onceuponatime #spitalfields #gallery #exhibition

The Postmaster’s House from Once Upon a Time, our exhibition of work by @cthompson_art on until 19th November. Here Chris talks about painting houses and why they’re like people

A video of the whole exhibition is available on the events page of the website, see the link in bio

#onceuponatime #spitalfields #gallery #exhibition ...

Once Upon a Time our exhibition of work by @cthompson_art is open, running until 19th November and here’s Chris talking about how his painting The Angler’s House came about
#onceuponatime #storiesinpaint #spitalfields #gallery #exhibition

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Once Upon a Time our exhibition of work by @cthompson_art is open, running until 19th November and here’s Chris talking about how his painting The Angler’s House came about #onceuponatime #storiesinpaint #spitalfields #gallery #exhibition

Once Upon a Time our exhibition of work by @cthompson_art is open, running until 19th November and here’s Chris talking about how his painting The Angler’s House came about
#onceuponatime #storiesinpaint #spitalfields #gallery #exhibition ...

Last day today of Everyday, our @e.crow.studio exhibition here! And here’s Cottage Chair, one of my favourites (painting sold)

Thanks to everyone who has visited, bought and shared this exhibition making it such an enjoyable one and to Eleanor herself of course

#everyday #lastday #22october #exhibition #spitalfields #gallery #cottagechair

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Last day today of Everyday, our @e.crow.studio exhibition here! And here’s Cottage Chair, one of my favourites (painting sold) Thanks to everyone who has visited, bought and shared this exhibition making it such an enjoyable one and to Eleanor herself of course #everyday #lastday #22october #exhibition #spitalfields #gallery #cottagechair

Last day today of Everyday, our @e.crow.studio exhibition here! And here’s Cottage Chair, one of my favourites (painting sold)

Thanks to everyone who has visited, bought and shared this exhibition making it such an enjoyable one and to Eleanor herself of course

#everyday #lastday #22october #exhibition #spitalfields #gallery #cottagechair ...

Eleanor Crow on her A Corner of the Kitchen at Dennis Sever’s House, showing here in Everyday until 22nd October. And Making History: the Ceramic Work of Simon Pettet continues @dennissevershouse until 29th October - don’t miss it! (Painting sold)

#everyday #exhibition #delfttiles #spitalfields #dennissevershouse #gallery #dontforget

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Eleanor Crow on her A Corner of the Kitchen at Dennis Sever’s House, showing here in Everyday until 22nd October. And Making History: the Ceramic Work of Simon Pettet continues @dennissevershouse until 29th October - don’t miss it! (Painting sold) #everyday #exhibition #delfttiles #spitalfields #dennissevershouse #gallery #dontforget

Eleanor Crow on her A Corner of the Kitchen at Dennis Sever’s House, showing here in Everyday until 22nd October. And Making History: the Ceramic Work of Simon Pettet continues @dennissevershouse until 29th October - don’t miss it! (Painting sold)

#everyday #exhibition #delfttiles #spitalfields #dennissevershouse #gallery #dontforget ...

The story of a visit to the wonderful Kitchen of Jagir Kaur and Suresh Singh by @e.crow.studio.

Showing as part of Eleanor’s solo exhibition Everyday, here until 22nd October

#everyday #exhibition #gallery #spitalfields

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The story of a visit to the wonderful Kitchen of Jagir Kaur and Suresh Singh by @e.crow.studio. Showing as part of Eleanor’s solo exhibition Everyday, here until 22nd October #everyday #exhibition #gallery #spitalfields

The story of a visit to the wonderful Kitchen of Jagir Kaur and Suresh Singh by @e.crow.studio.

Showing as part of Eleanor’s solo exhibition Everyday, here until 22nd October

#everyday #exhibition #gallery #spitalfields ...

YouTube

YouTube Video VVVjMUFDaUQ3eEhpOVd3c3pwWGUtUm1nLjczcGlMV3NsaVJZ Once Upon a Time paintings by Chris Thompson 4th – 19th November Paintings of London and beyond stretching into the realms of fairy tales. All with a magical quality that invite story telling. Chris took a change of direction during the pandemic and this is his second exhibition at Town House since then. As in his first, there are scenes of London that evoke the timeless beauty of Algernon Newton’s work with their use of light. The sole house, The Painter’s House, in that first exhibition has now become a series of houses, some real and some inspired by fiction or fable. Chris imbues each of his houses with its own character, as though a person. Set in dreamlike surroundings, Chris draws us in and invites us to imagine what’s going on in these stories told in paint, each beginning Once Upon a Time…
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Once Upon a Time paintings by Chris Thompson
Townhouse Spitalfields November 6, 2023 11:34 am
Once Upon a Time paintings by Chris Thompson 4th – 19th November Paintings of London and beyond stretching into the realms of fairy tales. All with a magical quality that invite story telling. Chris took a change of direction during the pandemic and this is his second exhibition at Town House since then. As in his first, there are scenes of London that evoke the timeless beauty of Algernon Newton’s work with their use of light. The sole house, The Painter’s House, in that first exhibition has now become a series of houses, some real and some inspired by fiction or fable. Chris imbues each of his houses with its own character, as though a person. Set in dreamlike surroundings, Chris draws us in and invites us to imagine what’s going on in these stories told in paint, each beginning Once Upon a Time…

Once Upon a Time paintings by Chris Thompson 4th – 19th November

Paintings of London and beyond stretching into the realms of fairy tales. All with a magical quality that invite story telling.

Chris took a change of direction during the pandemic and this is his second exhibition at Town House since then. As in his first, there are scenes of London that evoke the timeless beauty of Algernon Newton’s work with their use of light. The sole house, The Painter’s House, in that first exhibition has now become a series of houses, some real and some inspired by fiction or fable.

Chris imbues each of his houses with its own character, as though a person. Set in dreamlike surroundings, Chris draws us in and invites us to imagine what’s going on in these stories told in paint, each beginning Once Upon a Time…

YouTube Video VVVjMUFDaUQ3eEhpOVd3c3pwWGUtUm1nLjczcGlMV3NsaVJZ

Once Upon a Time paintings by Chris Thompson

Townhouse Spitalfields November 6, 2023 11:34 am

Everyday: those places we inhabit or the things we handle daily. Whether it is sinks, kitchens, pots or pans, all are things or places with a quiet beauty that goes beyond their ordinary use. The places and details depicted in this exhibition include some well-known locations in London, such as Scotti’s Snack Bar on Clerkenwell Green or the Quality Chop House in Farringdon; others are in Cornwall, Wales and the Lake District. Whether the subjects are familiar cafés, restaurants or private homes, the owners make their presence felt by those things they use every day… This work continues Eleanor’s interest in the play of light across the interiors of cafés and domestic settings. These are mostly unpeopled spaces, although sometimes a figure is quietly absorbed in their work and all are objects and places for everyday, perhaps mundane, but always quietly beautiful. Eleanor Crow is an artist who has exhibited widely, and whose book of watercolours Shopfronts of London was published by Spitalfields Life Books with Batsford Books in 2019.

Everyday: those places we inhabit or the things we handle daily. Whether it is sinks, kitchens, pots or pans, all are things or places with a quiet beauty that goes beyond their ordinary use.

The places and details depicted in this exhibition include some well-known locations in London, such as Scotti’s Snack Bar on Clerkenwell Green or the Quality Chop House in Farringdon; others are in Cornwall, Wales and the Lake District.

Whether the subjects are familiar cafés, restaurants or private homes, the owners make their presence felt by those things they use every day…

This work continues Eleanor’s interest in the play of light across the interiors of cafés and domestic settings. These are mostly unpeopled spaces, although sometimes a figure is quietly absorbed in their work and all are objects and places for everyday, perhaps mundane, but always quietly beautiful.

Eleanor Crow is an artist who has exhibited widely, and whose book of watercolours Shopfronts of London was published by Spitalfields Life Books with Batsford Books in 2019.

YouTube Video VVVjMUFDaUQ3eEhpOVd3c3pwWGUtUm1nLlFTaHJwXzBncWdZ

Everyday – an exhibition of recent paintings by Eleanor Crow

Townhouse Spitalfields October 9, 2023 2:56 pm

Town House Spitalfields Presents An Exhibition of Paintings by Reed Wilson and Ceramics by Rosamund Coady 16-24 September 2023 Town House 5 Fournier Street E1 6QE

Town House Spitalfields Presents

An Exhibition of Paintings by Reed Wilson and
Ceramics by Rosamund Coady

16-24 September 2023

Town House
5 Fournier Street
E1 6QE

YouTube Video VVVjMUFDaUQ3eEhpOVd3c3pwWGUtUm1nLmNxbVRScmVzclhr

Layers an exhibition of work by Rosamund Coady and Reed Wilson

Townhouse Spitalfields September 17, 2023 8:26 pm

Outside In presents a new collection of work by artists Marc Gooderham and A S Morrigan in which they explore this city - outside and in

Outside In presents a new collection of work by artists Marc Gooderham and A S Morrigan in which they explore this city - outside and in

YouTube Video VVVjMUFDaUQ3eEhpOVd3c3pwWGUtUm1nLjlYdmd1VHV5Q0ln

Outside In

Townhouse Spitalfields October 28, 2022 2:30 pm

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YouTube Video VVVjMUFDaUQ3eEhpOVd3c3pwWGUtUm1nLnhpb3o0a0s4TWxn

Town House Open 2022

Townhouse Spitalfields July 16, 2022 9:55 am

Doreen Fletcher

Doreen Fletcher

YouTube Video VVVjMUFDaUQ3eEhpOVd3c3pwWGUtUm1nLmE4ZDJXYkVHa25n

TRACES - an exhibition of new work by Doreen Fletcher

Townhouse Spitalfields June 17, 2022 8:00 am

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