Humphries Weaving

Prestigious interiors that Humphries Weaving have been involved with in alphabetical order. Due to the exclusive nature and high profile of our customer base, unless appropriate, we do not disclose any names or details of private interiors or their decorators. Click on the names for more information. Please note the reference number relates to our archives only.

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Abbot Hall Art Gallery & Museum, Kendal, Cumbria - Grade I Listed Georgian Building

Althorp House, Northamptonshire - Home of 9th Earl Spencer. Remodelled by Henry Holland in 1770, with 1877 additions.

Alnwick Castle, Northumberland. - Medieval Castle and home of the Percy Family, the Dukes of Northumberland.

Apsley House, No.1 London (English Heritage) - The London Palace of the Duke of Wellington, designed by Robert Adam and built between 1771 and 1778.

Aston Hall, Birmingham - Jacobean house built between 1618 and 1635 by Sir Thomas Holte.

Audley End, Saffron Walden, Essex (English Heritage) - Largely early 17th Century Country Mansion.

Attingham Park, Shropshire. (National Trust) - Built in 1785 for Lord Berwick (1st).

Badminton House, Gloucestershire. - Home of Duke and Duchess of Beaufort.

Ballyfin House, Southern Ireland - Reputed to be one of Irelands finest houses, built between 1821 and 1826. The property is being restored into luxury hotel accommodation.

Bath Abbey, Bath, Avon - Begun in 1499.

Belton House, Lincolnshire (National Trust) - Built 1685 - 1688, altered in 1770 by Architect James Wyatt.

Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire – Completed in 1153 by Lord Maurice.

Biltmore Estate, North Carolina, USA – A New World Château.

Blickling Hall, Norfolk (National Trust) – Jacobean House of early 17th Century.

Blue Earth County Historical Society, Minnesota, U.S.A

Bolling Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire. – Large mid 17th Century manor house with an 18th Century wing added.

Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA

Bourdon House, Mayfair London – Built in the early 18th Century, a grade II listed building which was the home of the second Duke of Westminster until his death in 1953. Currently owned and restored by Alfred Dunhill Ltd.

Bridgewater House, St James's, London – Built in 1847–50 by Architect Sir Charles Barry, now private residence.

British Embassies – Several British Embassies over the world.

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.

Brympton D'Evercy House, Somerset

Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire – Home of Lady Victoria Leatham. The largest and grandest house of the Elizabethan age, was completed by William Cecil, Lord Burghley in 1587.

Buckingham Palace, London (The Royal Collection) – The Official London residence of British Sovereigns since 1837.

Broadlands, Romsey, Hampshire – Mid Georgian Mansion House, Home of Lord Mountbatten.

Calke Abbey, Derbyshire (National Trust) – Hall completed by the early 18th Century.

Castle Coole, Fermanagh, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland (National Trust) – Late 18th Century, finest neo classical house in Ireland, by James Wyatt.

Castle Museum, City of Nottingham

Castle Rushen, Isle of Man (Manx National Heritage) – 13th Century stone keep and bailey fortress.

Castletown Cox, County Kilkenny, Southern Ireland – Among the best–built houses in 18th Century Ireland, the building was completed by 1774 and belonged to descendants of Archbishop Cox, now a private residence.

Charlecote Park, Warwickshire (National Trust) – Superb Tudor house, the home of the Lucy family for over 700 years.

Chatsworth House, Derbyshire – Home of the Duchess of Devonshire, built between 1686 and 1858.

Cheltenham Museum, Gloucestershire – Regency terrace house, birthplace of Gustav Holst.

Chevening House, Kent – Much altered 17th Century house attributed to Indigo Jones, restored 1967–73.

Chiswick House, London (English Heritage) – Built 1729, also known as Burlington House, the building was designed by the third Earl of Burlington (1694–1753)

Clarence House, London (The Royal Collection) – Former home of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, designed by John Nash and built for William Duke of Clarence 1825–27. (King William IV 1830–1837). Currently London residence of Prince Charles, William and Harry

Comper, Sir Ninian (1864–1940)

Corpus Christi College – One of the ancient colleges of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1352 by the Guilds of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary, it bears the distinction of being the only College in Oxford or Cambridge founded by their citizens.

Cumberland History Society. U.S.A.

Dallas Museum of Art. U.S.A.

Derby City Museum, Derbyshire

Detroit Institute of Art, U.S.A.

Down House, Kent (English Heritage) – 19th Century home of Charles Darwin.

Downing Street, No.10, London

Drapers Hall, London – The Court Dining Room stands in the oldest part of Drapers’ Hall, dating in part to the late 17th century. In 1869, John G. Crace and Son were employed to improve and alter the decoration with the additions of coats of arms in the ceiling cove and oak wainscot around the walls.

Duff House, Scotland (The National Galleries of Scotland)

Dunham Massey, Altrincham (N. Trust) – Extensively reworked Georgian house with large collection of 18th Century furniture.

Danson Mansion, Kent (Bexley Heritage Trust) – Late Georgian manor house recently restored by English Heritage.

Eaton Hall near Chester, Cheshire – The 11,500 acre estate of The Duke of Westminster.

Eisenhower Farm, Gettysburg, U.S.A. – National Historic site Pennsylvania.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London

Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire (The Royal Collection)

Gatchina Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russia – Last owned by Paul I, it was the first landscape park in the history of Russia, situated 40 km. outside St. Petersburg.

Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham, Lancashire (N.Trust) – Home of the Kay–Shuttleworth’s, a 17th Century house with 19th Century restoration.

Geffrye Museum, London – Set in an 18th Century building the museum specialises in domestic interiors from 1600–2000.

George Hotel, London – Royal Suite.

Grand Metropolitan Head Office, St James's Square, London

Guildford Cathedral, Surrey – Completed in 1961, designed by Sir Edward Maufe.

Gunston Hall, North Carolina U.S.A. – Home of George Mason (1725–1792), thought to be primarily the work of a young indentured servant from England, carpenter/joiner William Buckland (1734–1792).

Ham House, Richmond, Surrey (N.Trust) – Built 1610–1670, once the home of the extravagant Duchess of Laurderdale.

Hampton Court Palace, Surrey (Historic Royal Palaces) – Former home of Henry VIII, period covers from his reign to George II.

Hampton National Historic Site, Maryland, Baltimore, U.S.A.

Handle House Museum, London – (1723–1759) at No. 25 Brook Street.

Hepplewhite Sofa – Private Collector of Hepplewhite. (1760–1792)

Harewood House Yorkshire – The seat of the Earl and Countess of Harewood. Foundation stone laid 1759, completed 1772, designed by John Carr.

Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire (N.Trust) – Elizabethan House built by 1597.

Hinton Ampner, Hampshire (N.Trust)

Historic Charlestown Foundation USA.

Horham Hall, Thaxted, Essex – Visited by Elizabeth I in 1571 and 1578.

Holkham Hall, Norfolk – 18th Century 25,000–acre estate and home of the Earl and Countess of Leicester.

Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh (The Royal Collection) – The Queen's official residence in Scotland.

Holme The, Regents Park, London – Designed by Decimus Burton and built 1816–1818, now a private residence.

Homewood, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, Baltimore, U.S.A. – Early 19th Century Federal period home restored with early 19th Century decorative and fine arts.

Hopetoun House, Scotland – Home of the Earls of Hopetoun. One of the most splendid Georgian mansions in Britain being the work of Scottish architects Sir William Bruce and William Adam.

Hughenden Manor, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire – (N.Trust) Georgian estate occupied by Benjamin Disraeli, Queen Victoria's Prime Minister who lived here from 1848 until his death in 1881.

Huntington Art Gallery, California, U.S.A.

Hylands House, Chelmsford, Essex – Much altered grade II listed Queen Ann style mansion completed around 1840.

Hyde Collection (Museum) Glen Falls, New York, U.S.A.

Indian Embassy, Kuwait.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Boston U.S.A.

Judges Lodgings, Lancaster – The oldest town house in Lancaster dating from the 17th Century, displaying restored period rooms featuring fine 18th and 19th century furniture by renowned Gillows of Lancaster.

Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire (N.Trust) – Built by the Curzon family between 1759 and 1765.

Kensington Palace, London (Historic Royal Palaces) – Royal Palace since 1689 when it was adapted for a residence by Sir Christopher Wren.

Kenwood House, Hampstead, London (English Heritage) – Remodelled by Robert Adam from 1764 to 1779 for the grand judge Lord Mansfield.

Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent (N.Trust) – Home of the Sackville Family since 1603, the house has remained largely unchanged for 300 years.

Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, Wirral – Museum of paintings, furniture and fine art opened in 1922 by Princess Beatrice, youngest daughter of Queen Victoria.

Landsberg Castle, Ratingen, Germany

Langham Hotel, Portland Place, London

Longleat House, Wiltshire – Home of the Marquis of Bath, Elizabethan country house built by Sir John Thinner, finished in 1580.

Leeds Castle, Maidstone, Kent – Norman Castle, converted into a Palace by Henry VIII.

Luton Hoo, Luton, Bedfordshire

Lyme Park, Cheshire (N.Trust) – Italianate Palace of the early 18th Century.

Mallet of Bond Street London.

Marble Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex (English Heritage) – Palladian Villa set in extensive riverside parklands of 66 acres. Built for the Countess of Suffolk, mistress of George II.

Marlborough House, London – Designed by Sir Christopher Wren, it was completed in 1711 and used as a Royal residence until September 1959.

Merchants House, Exeter, Devon – Town museum dating from 1640.

Metropolitan Museum, New York, U.S.A.

Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire – Built in 1855 for Baron Meyer Amschel de Rothschild.

Monticello, Virginia, U.S.A. – Home of Thomas Jefferson.

Morris–Jumel Mansion, New York, U.S.A. – Manhattan's oldest house, built in 1765 by British Colonel Roger Morris and his American wife, Mary Philipse.

Mount Vernon, Washington. U.S.A. – Home of George Washington U.S.A. restored to its 1799 appearance.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, U.S.A.

Museum of London, Barbican, London

Napoleonic Chair – Private Collector.

Newbridge House Co. Dublin Ireland – This XVIII century manor is set in 350 acres of land, twelve miles north of Dublin city centre, with fine Georgian interiors. The rooms open to the public have antique furniture.

Newstead Abbey, Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire – Founded as a Monastic house in the late 12th Century, it became the seat of the Byron family in 1540.

Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire (N.Trust) – Home of Lord and Lady St Oswald restored after the 1980 fire.

National Portrait Gallery, London

National Gallery, London

Osterley Park House, Middlesex (N.Trust) – Neo classical house, interiors contain one of Britain's most complete examples of Robert Adam';s work, which was commissioned in 1761.

Osborne House, Isle of Wight (English Heritage) – Built under the supervision of Prince Albert, and used as Royal residence until the death of Queen Victoria.

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Penta Hotel, Cromwell Road, London – Twenty nine storey building promoted under Government's development scheme 1971–1973 (now Holiday Inn).

Petworth House, Sussex (N.Trust) – Late 17th Century mansion house, contains the Trust's finest picture collection, as well as fine furnishings.

Polesden Lacy, Sussex (N.Trust) – Outstanding Edwardian interiors extensively remodelled in 1906 by the Hon. Mrs. Ronald Grenville, hostess of much celebrated house parties.

Powis Castle, National Museum of Wales (N.Trust) – Medieval castle built in the 11th Century, adapted and embellished by generations of the Herbert and Clives, who built the collection of fine paintings and furniture. This design is also used on furniture at Osterly Park and Sudbury Hall (N.Trust).

Philadelphia Museum of Art, U.S.A.

Queens House, Greenwich (National Maritime Museum) – Built by Indigo Jones, Palladian style Palace built 1616 to 1635 for Anne of Denmark wife of James I.

Raby Castle, County Durham – Home of Lord Barnard's family since 1626, built by Neville family as a mediaeval castle in the mid 14th Century.

Raheen, Studley Park Road, Kew, South Australia – Large Victorian Italianate style mansion partly conserved by the National Galley of Victoria.

Royal Court of Justice, London – The imposing Victorian Gothic building, designed by G E Street, was opened by Queen Victoria in 1882, the architect's finest achievement, and the last major Gothic revival building in London.

Savoy Hotel, London – Built at vast expense over a five–year period, opening in 1889 with full electric lighting.

St. Fagan’s Museum of Rural Life Cardiff, Wales – Opened in 1948, part of the National Museum & Galleries of Wales. Features a late 16th Century manor house donated by the Earl of Plymouth.

St. James Palace, The Chapel Royal (The Royal Collection) – Senior Palace of the Sovereign.

St. Johns College, Cambridge – Founded in 1511 by Lady Margaret Beaufort it is now the second largest college by size of its membership. The Combination room is on the second court built 1589–99 has the largest single ceiling in Cambridge.

St. Paul’s Church, Wilton Place, Knightsbridge, London – Mid 19th Century Building.

Sarsden House, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire – The perfect Regency House, substantially a creation of the Reptons, both Humphry and his son George Stanley from around c.1823–25.

Schloss Ehrenburg, Coburg, Germany – Ancestral home of Prince Albert.

Sewerby Hall, Bridlington, East Yorkshire – Georgian house with 19th Century Orangey, dates from 1715 with 50–acre parkland.

Sheraton Hotel, Casablanca

Sezincote House, Gloucestershire – Designed by Samuel Pepys Cockerall and completed in the late 1820’s when his Son added the office wing at the rear. John Fowler worked on the Saloon restoration in the 1950s copying the elaborate trimmings on the drapery.

Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire (N.Trust) – Country manor house much altered in the 18th Century by Architects Samuel Wright and Thomas Wright.

Soestdijk Palace, Holland – Built between 1674 and 1678, a Royal palace and former home of Princess Juliana and Prince Bernard.

Southill House, Bedfordshire – Southill House became the property of the Whitbread family in 1795 when they purchased it from the Byng family. With a fortune founded in brewing, Samuel Whitbread had the house rebuilt to the design of Henry Holland between 1796 and 1801. The Byng's had already had the park laid out to the plans of Capability Brown with statues, lakes and bridges. Brown happened to be Holland’s father–in–law.

Stapleford Park, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire – Former home of the late third Lord Gretton.

S.P.N.E.A. Conservation Centre, U.S.A.

Spencer House, St James's, London – London’s finest surviving 18th Century house built in 1757 for the first Lord Spencer.

Stourhead, Wiltshire (N.Trust) – Palladian mansion built in the 1720s, home of the Hoare family, includes an outstanding Regency library and furniture by Chippendale the younger.

Temple Newsam, Leeds, West Yorkshire – Tudor– Jacobean mansion housing one of the largest collections of Chippendale furniture in England.

Tredegar House, Newport, Gwent – Architectural wonder of Wales built in 1793, Home of the Morgan’s, later Lords Tredegar. The restoration programme started in 1976 continues.

Treasurer's House, York (N.Trust) – Dating from medieval times with 16th and 20th Century decoration . Originally it was home to the Treasurers of York Minster.

U.S. State Department, Washington DC, U.S.A.

Valentines Mansion, Ilford, Essex – Large imposing Georgian mansion set beautiful gardens. Subject to a major refurbishment after standing empty and unused for more than twenty–five years. Now looked after by Redbridge Council and open to the public.

Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London – The British Galleries.

Virginia Museum of Art U.S.A.

Wallace Collection, London

Washington D.C. Art Gallery U.S.A.

Walmer Castle, Kent (English Heritage) – Official residence of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports since 1708, built by Henry VIII as a coastal fort.

Walpole House, Chiswick, London – Early 18th Century, one of the finest and most covetable terraced houses in London, with major reworking between 1710 and 1720.

Warwick Castle, Warwickshire – Britain’s finest medieval castle begun by King William I in 1068.

Welbeck Abbey, Northamptonshire – Home to the Dukes of Portland, 12th Century abbey inner walls and basement, house was mainly built in 17th Century.

Werribee Park, Melbourne, Australia – Restored Victorian estate of Thomas Chirnside built in the 1870’s.

Westminster, Palace of, London – State apartments – The Speakers House.

Westminster, Palace of, London – State apartments of the Lord Chancellor – House of Lords.

Westminster, Palace of, London – House of Lords.

White House, Oval Office, Washington, U.S.A.

Windsor Castle, Berkshire (The Royal Collection) – An official residence of the Queen.

Winterthur Museum, U.S.A. – An American country estate, former home of Henry Francis Du Pont, houses unparalleled collections of antique furniture.

Wolvesey Palace, Winchester – Chief residence of the Bishops of Winchester, ruins date to the 12th Century. Tudor chapel was built by Christopher Wren in 1674.

Woolsthorpe Manor (N.Trust) – Small 17th Century manor house, birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton.

Wordsworth's House, Grasser, Cumbria (N. Trust) – Georgian town house, birthplace of William Wordsworth. Rooms presented in the 1770’s as a home of the Wordsworth family.

Worshipful Company of Weavers, London – The oldest recorded City Livery Company. Mentioned in the Pipe Roll of 1130 and granted its first Charter by Henry II in 1155.(see also Ceremonial projects)

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut U.S.A. – Yale’s roots can be traced back to the 1640s, when colonial clergymen led an effort to establish a college in New Haven to preserve the tradition of European liberal education in the New World.

York Minster, City of York – Largest gothic Cathedral in Europe.