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Category Archives: News
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16 June 2024
THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK
Brunswick House remembers the death in battle of the Duke of Brunswick at Quatre Bras on the 6th of June, 1815.
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7 June 2024
Summer Opening Hours – LASSCO Three Pigeons **UPDATE** …back to usual
**Update** – It’s September and The Opening Hours at LASSCO Three Pigeons have switched back to usual: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm Saturdays 9am to 1pm The above relates only to LASSCO Three Pigeons in Oxfordshire – please click here to check opening hours for LASSCO Brunswick House in South London (they differ, and...
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28 February 2024
The Philosophers
A LASSCO discovery: The Philosophers, carved marble reliefs c.1710, by Francesco Cabianca (1666-1737)
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16 November 2022
(Another railing section of…) The Greatest Forgotten Wall in London
In March 2022 we discovered a rusted section of the railing from the vast Somers Town Goods Yard in King’s Cross; it was lent up in an artist’s studio in Kent. We bought it, researched its history, and told the story of where it originated from. It was quickly snapped up and we had an...
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28 October 2022
The Ghostly Spectre at Brunswick House
The Brunswick House Institute & Club was established at Vauxhall in the early years of Queen Victoria’s reign for the improvement and benefit of the locomotive drivers of the London and South Western Railway which, at that time, terminated here at Nine Elms. Soon after LASSCO arrived at the Old House the last secretary, long...
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5 October 2020
Reclamation, Relocation.
The LASSCO Ropewalk yard is closed for business from October 22nd when our flooring yard and showroom will be moving to Brunswick House.
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9 September 2020
Ropewalk Clearance Ends Oct 22nd
Sale reclaimed parquet There are clearance prices on all ‘job-lots’ at LASSCO Ropewalk this Autumn. When large batches of timber are broken up into smaller quantities and sold the smallest remaining amounts aren’t always enough to cover a whole house. Often they’re only suitable for smaller areas like a boot room, kitchen or hallway. These...
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4 September 2020
Middlesbrough Cathedral Iroko Blocks
“There is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.”
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21 August 2020
High praise for Brunswick House private dining
“There’s ample space for private dining at Brunswick House, a Georgian mansion in Vauxhall dating back to the mid-17th century. The house – which once belonged to the eponymous Duke – is filled with antiques and reclaimed furniture: sparkling chandeliers sit beside spectacular chimneypieces, colonnades and cut glass entranceways. You can hire out all...
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6 August 2020
The 12th Johnson Hobby Horse
“Where do you get all this stuff from?”. “Who is going to buy that?”…. are recurring questions we are asked at LASSCO. Sometimes we can tell you the whole story: both where something came from, and where it ended up. This is the second of these Lockdown ramblings (the first was “The Tale of the...
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4 June 2020
We’re Back! … Our Opening Hours
On Monday 15th June 2020: LASSCO re-opens. During the Lockdown we haven’t stopped trading; our skeleton team has enjoyed making fantastic deals throughout the last few weeks, selling remotely via our website. The astute have grabbed glorious bargains in a Lockdown Clearance section of the website (it continues for now but don’t miss it). We...
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15 May 2020
Brunswick House 360° Tour
If you’ve always wanted to book an event at Brunswick House but haven’t been able to view the location in person, you can now snoop around virtually. Please use the Google Virtual Tour below to browse through our location prior to booking an event. View Virtual Tour If you would...