Kenwood House

Set high on a hill in leafy grounds beside Hampstead Heath, this outstanding house was remodelled by Robert Adam between 1764 and 1779. The richly decorated library is one of Adam’s great masterpieces. Brewing magnate Edward Cecil Guinness, first Earl of Iveagh, bequeathed the house, estate and part of his collection of pictures to the nation in 1927. The Iveagh Bequest includes important paintings by many great artists, including Rembrandt, Vermeer, Turner, Reynolds and Gainsborough. Recently they have been joined by Constable’s oil sketch ‘Hampstead Heath’. The Suffolk Collection includes magnificent portraits of Elizabethan and Stuart men and women by William Larkin, Van Dyck and Lely, given by the Hon. Mrs Greville Howard in 1974. Visitors can also enjoy the lakeside walks and meandering woodland paths. The Brew House Restaurant and Café is open all year and serves delicious home-made food throughout the day, don't miss its exceptional breakfasts.