In this week's Claire Chat's video I talk about my recent visit to London Charterhouse and the history of the site. I hope you enjoy the talk and the photos.
Exterior and Entrance court
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- hospital
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- Exterior
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- Entrance court – arms over entrance are those of Sutton’s hospital
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- Entrance court – arms over entrance are those of Sutton’s hospital
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- Exetrior
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- Exterior
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- Exterior
Chapel Cloister
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- Chapel Cloister
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- Bust of John Wesley
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- Memorial
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- Remains of old door
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- Remains of old door
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- Memorial to Lord Baden-Powell
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- Charterhouse plaque plus memorial to Lord Baden-Powell
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- Bust of John Wesley
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- Memorial
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- Remains of old door
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- Remains of old door
The Chapel (former chapterhouse) with Thomas Sutton's tomb
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- The chapel
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- The chapel
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- Original wall of chapterhouse
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- The chapel
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- Thomas Sutton’s tomb
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- Thomas Sutton’s tomb
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- The chapel
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- Thomas Sutton’s tomb
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- Thomas Sutton’s tomb
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- Memorial to all brothers and scholars
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- The chapel
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- The chapel
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- Thomas Sutton’s tomb
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- Memorial to John Law, Thomas Sutton’s executor
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- The chapel
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- The chapel
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- Thomas Sutton’s tomb
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- Thomas Sutton’s tomb
The Norfolk Cloister
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- The Norfolk Cloister
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- The Norfolk Cloister
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- The Norfolk Cloister
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- The Norfolk Cloister
The Great Hall
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The Great Hall
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Portrait of Thomas Sutton
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The Great Hall
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The Great Hall
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The Great Hall
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The Great Hall
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The Great Hall
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- The Great Hall
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- Portrait of Thomas Sutton
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- The Great Hall
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- The Great Hall
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- The Great Hall
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- The Great Hall
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- The Great Hall
The Great Staircase
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- The Great Staircase
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- The Great Staircase
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- The Great Staircase
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- The Great Staircase
The Great Chamber
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- Chimney c.1571
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- Great Chamber
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- Great Chamber
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- Original plasterwork ceiling
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- Great Chamber
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- Bay window area
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- Restored plasterwork ceiling
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- Restored plasterwork ceiling
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- Flemish tapestry
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- Flemish tapestry
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- Flemish tapestry
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- Flemish tapestry
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- Flemish tapestry
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- Flemish tapestry
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- Chimney c.1571
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- Chimney c.1571
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- Original plasterwork ceiling
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- Original plasterwork ceiling
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- Original plasterwork ceiling
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- Chimney c.1571
Portraits and miscellaneous rooms and artefacts
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- Painting of Carthusian martyrs
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- Charles II, after Sir Peter Lely
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- George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, after Sir Peter Lely
Wash-house Court
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- The I and H
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- A cross
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- Wash-house Court
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- A cross
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- Wash-house court
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- A “v”
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- Wash-house Court
More exterior shots
You can view more photos on the London Charterhouse website at http://www.thecharterhouse.org/visit-us-2/photos/
Address of London Charterhouse:
The Charterhouse
Charterhouse Square
London
EC1M 6AN
Articles on the Carthusian Martyrs
Notes and Sources
- Porter, Stephen (2010) Charterhouse: The Official Guide, Amberley Publishing.
- Photos copyright Tim Ridgway, Claire Ridgway 2016.
Hi Claire,
thanks for the video and pictures. What an interesting place. I shall have to add this to my ‘places to visit’ list.
Best wishes
Sandra
Hi Claire,
What a wonderful overview and personal experience story, thank you for sharing! I was in tears when you described what happened to the monks there during Henry VIII’s reign, very sad and disturbing… At least it is still standing for everyone today to enjoy and appreciate its history…
Thank you, Laurie. That was actually the second time around as we recorded the talk and then the file from the camera got corrupted and we had to do it all over again. I think I got even more choked up the first time, but I’m glad that you still found it moving. I feel very strongly about the fates of these poor men.
Hi Claire. I enjoyed your talk about the Charterhouse very much, especially given your recent talks about the Monks and what happened to them. Also the photography shared is magnificent. So lovely to ‘see’ this wonderful place and all its treasures and so lovely to think (as you said) that the Charterhouse has now come full circle, being used to house men just like it did originally (and soon women). Giving hope, aid and help to the poor and less fortunate. Many hundreds of years ago and again now. King Henry VIII has much to answer for. Yet he died thinking he had destroyed this ‘giving’ by men to men. He was wrong. It has survived the ages, and now lives on. Quite Amazing! Lyndell