TASH Day Visit October 22nd 2025: Leighton & Sambourne Houses - Two Victorian Wonders

Booking From: Thursday 18th September

Please Note: Leighton House is fully accessible BUT Sambourne House has 5 flights of steep stairs and steep stairs to the basement entrance.

Leighton and Sambourne Houses - Two Victorian Wonders - Ornate Studio-Homes of Two Victorian Artists

Step into a painter’s world in the house and studio that Frederick Leighton (1830-1896) built, lived and worked in. Gorgeously decorated and hung with many of his paintings, his home embodies the Victorian idea of how a great artist should live.

Ten minutes’ walk away is Sambourne House, family home of the renowned illustrator and Punch political cartoonist, Linley Sambourne (1844 – 1910). A fine example of a “House Beautiful”, it feels like the family has just stepped out and will be back any moment.

You may also like the following events from The Arts Society Henley-on-Thames:

• Next month, 18th September, 10:00 am, TASH TALK - September 18th 2025: Hogarth at the Hustings (by Rupert Dickens) in Henley-on-thames
• This October, 16th October, 10:00 am, TASH TALK - October 16th 2025: The Empty Chair in Contemporary Art (by Angela Findlay) in Henley-on-thames
• This November, 6th November, 09:00 am, TASH Special Interest Day November 6th 2025: Musicals & their Hit Songs (with John Snelson) in Henley-on-thames

Also check out other Arts events in Henley-on-Thames, Fine Arts events in Henley-on-Thames.