Ranger's House (Wernher Collection)

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Elegant Georgian villa on Greenwich Park housing the eclectic Wernher Collection: Renaissance/Baroque paintings, dazzling jewellery, silver, porcelain and sculpture. Limited opening; no photography of most artworks.

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Opening Hours

Sunday: 10:00 – 16:00

Wednesday: 10:00 – 16:00

Thursday: 10:00 – 16:00

Friday: 10:00 – 16:00

Saturday: 10:00 – 16:00

What's not to miss inside?

The Wernher Rooms

Displays the core of Sir Julius Wernher’s collecting taste—sumptuous decorative arts alongside paintings.

A financier’s ‘cabinet of curiosities’ scaled up to a townhouse.

Use the room guide books to trace one material (silver, enamel, or porcelain) across multiple rooms.

📍 Ground-floor galleries

Upstairs Galleries by Theme

Smaller rooms grouped by category help you compare techniques and schools quickly.

From devotional to domestic: how art moved between altar and parlour.

Pick one object label and hunt its ‘pair’ two rooms later—curators often echo pieces intentionally.

📍 First floor

Rear Gardens + Bridgerton Exterior

Formal garden is easily missed from the front; the façade doubled as the Bridgerton family home on screen.

Period drama meets period design.

Exit via the garden and walk straight into Greenwich Park’s Rose Garden for a quick contrast.

📍 Back of house / Greenwich Park edge

🤓 Fun Facts

Collection and house were matched later—this isn’t Wernher’s original home, but a successful ‘house finds collection’ story.

Very limited hours, minimal retail/café; basement toilets via a winding route; small front car park.

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