WalkingSquares: Burgh House

Taken on a wander through Hampstead before meeting John’s sister and her husband for lunch. Burgh House was built in 1704 and now houses a local history museum. Unfortunately, that wasn’t open the day we were there, but the café was, so it made a good coffee stop. We even sat outside – in November! You can see the awning to the left of the house – and here we are under it. We’re even squared for Becky’s WalkingSquares.
I’ve never been there despite living for six months in Swiss Cottage, not too far away, but I was a regular at Kenwood. What a lovely day you had for your visit.
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We did. We ran out of time to get to Kenwood.
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A very attractive house and garden and the autumn colours are lovely. You wouldn’t have been able to have your coffee outside round here though, we’ve had nothing but rain since before Hallowe’en 😦
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It was quite a novelty!
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Eating outdoors in Hampstead, in November, with a light open jacket, without rain, snow, sleet or gigantic gusts of winds?! That’s impressive!
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We were lucky! Until the fog the day we were leaving which delayed our flight by 7 hours …
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😦 I hate when that happens!
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It looks very grand. Aren’t the colours lovely in this? A sunny, happy day!
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Yes, lovely autumn colours.
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awww such lovely photos of you both, and that house would do for my next home!!!
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Thank you! I guess your budget has increased a bit 😉😃.
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if only!!!
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I’ll share it with you, looks to be plenty of rooms 😊
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It’s a deal!
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I do love a Georgian building, but on looking it up this is actually Queen Anne style! And Burgh House not Hall btw. That is apparently in Great Yarmouth and something completely different!
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I see you put House in the title, but *Hall in the text.
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trust you to notice 🙂
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Only because I used that text to do a search, 🤣
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🤣
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Oops! As you’ve spotted, I got the title right but must have gone into automatic pilot in the text (we have numerous Burgh Halls in Glasgow). Thanks for pointing that out, I shall edit in due course.
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Now sorted!
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😉
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I live nearby and have enjoyed the cafe on various occasions , both for coffee / tea break and lunch . It’s a lovely old place, food and drinks are nice. I would say the price is average for the area (which is generally not cheap). The garden is very pleasant and one can sit outside most of the year – I believe they also provide lap blankets . I visited the museum once – it was nice although not amazing . They have a little shop too.
There are other interesting historic places where it’s possible to enjoy a nice coffee and refreshments – Kenwood House , Lauderdale House – I’m sure I’m forgetting some 😉
Glad you had a pleasant time 🙂
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Thank you, we did! There were blankets available, though we didn’t need them. Kenwood House was on our radar, but we ran out of time before we had to turn back to meet our lunch dates.
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Perhaps it will be for another time 🙂 Kenwood House is open to the public and well worth a visit . There is a small self-service restaurant and also a cafe next to it
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Always up for a cafe!
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Me too!
The small restaurant also serves just drinks and cakes and their garden is nice 🙂
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A favourite refreshment spot of mine, though it’s some years since I was there – good to know the cafe is still going strong. But I’ve never yet been in the house!
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The cakes looked very good too! But as we were going for lunch we didn’t indulge.
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Coffee stops have become an expensive indulgence, haven’t they? I accidentally had one recently where an espresso set me back more than 4 quid. Mind you … it was Blackheath.
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Oh my! I can’t remember how much these cost which suggests they weren’t too shocking.
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Hi Anabel – what a pity the Museum was closed … Helen Allingham’s art looks fascinating. But a warm November – you’re right there … and how lovely you had lunch with John’s sister and her husband and time to catch up – cheers Hilary
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It was a lovely day – a wander, lunch, another wander with J&J, then a bar and home! Or back to the hotel at least.
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