Overview
Share this review
Contribute to this review
Write a reviewRanger’s House is an elegant Georgian villa in Greenwich Park. It houses The Wernher Collection, a remarkable collection of works of art amassed by diamond magnate Sir Julius Wernher (1850-1912). The Ranger’s House event spaces, include the original Stone Hall, the Ranger’s Room and an expansive garden. All are charming locations for hosting private or corporate events. The Gallery, is a long room with wooden floors, a large bay window and fine antique furnishings. The Walled Garden is the perfect site for a marquee that can host receptions, birthdays, summer parties and weddings.
Arranged within the panelled interiors of this graceful mansion is a glittering spectacle, a sumptuous arrangement of silver and jewels, paintings and porcelain. Nearly 700 works of art are on display, including early religious paintings and Dutch Old Masters, minute carved Gothic ivories, fine Renaissance bronzes and silver treasures revealing the genius of medieval craftsmen and the unparalleled quality of Renaissance decorative arts. Rangers House is owned and managed by English Heritage.