Category Archives: LASSCO Brunswick House
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23 August 2016
August Bank Holiday Weekend opening times
LASSCO Three Pigeons – Oxfordshire Saturday 27th August: Open as usual 9am to 5pm Sunday 28th August: Closed Bank Holiday Monday 29th August: Closed LASSCO Brunswick House – Vauxhall Please be aware that this Friday 26th August the shop will be closing early at 4 pm and on Saturday 27th August at 3.30 pm...
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27 June 2016
Summer Feasting at Brunswick House
At least summer has arrived at Brunswick House in the way of dining. The new summer menus for private dining events feature a salad of summer vegetables: Asparagus, peas, broad beans and roasted beets. Choosing between a pudding of chocolate pot, cultured cream & strawberries or a mess of meringue, raspberries & boozy peaches could prove...
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26 January 2016
LASSCO in Reclaim Magazine,
Read about LASSCO’s hidden gems in the newly launched Reclaim magazine. Adrian Amos reveals all to Jane Common as she immerses herself in salvage heaven at LASSCO Ropewalk & LASSCO Brunswick House. Illustrated with Tim Kent’s photos the 10-page article delves into the history and captures the pioneering spirit of the business that Adrian founded...
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24 November 2015
LASSCO in the Press,
Some recent press, including quotes by Ferrous Auger from LASSCO Brunswick House in Vauxhall. Featured: Ruth Caven’s article ‘Elevator Gates’ in the FT’s ‘How to Spend It’, Bethan John’s pick of Clocks and Maggie Stevenson’s’ 7 Steps to Picking the Perfect Fireplace’ in Homes & Antiques. Also an earlier piece, written and styled by Ruth Sleightholme for House & Garden using reclaimed timbers from our Bermondsey shop, LASSCO Ropewalk for both flooring...
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27 July 2015
“Architectural Salvage” by Will Self
Will Self has just published a short story entitled “Architectural Salvage” in the “Weekend Magazine” – Saturday Guardian. The setting seems familiar!: “…at least the venue was appropriate: Lettice had hired out the long, dusty salon that formed the first-storey salesroom of an upmarket architectural salvage business. It was here young and upwardly-mobile...
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16 June 2015
Commemorating Our Duke
Essentially our business is dealing in ‘history’. It’s debatable whether it’s usually history with a Big ‘H’ or history with a small ‘h’. Today, 16th June 2015, LASSCO at Brunswick House is touched by Big History. It marks the 200th anniversary of the death at the Battle of Quatre Bras of Frederick William, Duke of...
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8 June 2015
LASSCO in the Press,
Here’s a selection of where you can see LASSCO in the press this week: A new interiors story ‘Mineral Hues’ out in the July issue of Homes and Gardens shot by Sarah Maingot & styled by Twig Hutchinson who puts our blue enamel pendant lights to great use. A wedding dress fashion shoot in Asiana magazine’s Summer issue which...
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3 June 2015
Bermondsey Bees,
Most of us when asked would probably say that bees buzz about in the countryside returning to their beehives in flowery meadows near orchards. But that would be wrong. Almost in the shadow of The Shard, a stone’s throw from iconic Tower Bridge & four storeys above a busy London street there are 4 cedar wood hives occupied by the...
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5 May 2015
Election Mayhem
This Thursday the UK holds a General Election. It hasn’t been a gripping election campaign. Not like the old days. In the mid 18th Century William Hogarth had plenty to work with – in his “Humours of an Election”, a series of oils – later engravings, he illustrates the election of a member of parliament in Oxfordshire in 1754. The paintings date to the...
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7 April 2015
Beautiful reclaim,
A pair of terracotta urns with this beautifully weathered majolica glaze at LASSCO Brunswick House. £1,350.
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22 March 2015
Easter at LASSCO,
The Three LASSCO shops are adopting differing opening hours this Easter – please check the opening times below. All at LASSCO wish you a Happy Easter wherever you get to spend it. LASSCO Three Pigeons in Oxfordshire: Good Friday: Closed but with Limited Viewing available (the Pub & Restaurant will be Open) Easter Saturday: Open 11am – 4pm Easter...
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13 December 2014
A selection of gift ideas from LASSCO Brunswick House
LASSCO Brunswick House is replete with fantastic Christmas gifts for under £300 at the moment. Ideas for mother include two French ceramic cocks and for father, why not a pair of old pewter jugs?