Latest LASSCO News
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14 March 2016
Wall to Wall Coverage
You, like us, may have been enjoying the nascent “Reclaim” magazine – not least due to the rather generous amount of its pages that are devoted to the LASSCO shops. Last month was a nicely written piece on the history of LASSCO and an interview with Adrian Amos. This month we got the front cover! The supply...
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7 March 2016
Spring Feasting at Brunswick House
The Spring menus are here! Seasonal private dining in beautiful surroundings at Brunswick House: A salad of early spring vegetables including roasted beets and Clarence Court eggs followed by 7 hour lamb shoulder, polished off with a mess of meringue, rhubarb & ginger £40 per head or A starter of Cornish crab salad, a main of roast sirloin...
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3 March 2016
Review: Native Feasts at LASSCO Three Pigeons
We are delighted to re-blog this review from “Muddy Stilettos” – The Urban Guide to the Countryside. Muddy Stilettos, a winner of nationwide blog awards, has recently rolled-out its Guide to now cover most counties across Southern England – watch out for it. Muddy founder Hero Brown gives us the thumbs up! Muddy eats: Native Feasts...
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16 February 2016
Harold Wright, 6th December 1921 – 11th January 2016
Nearly forty years ago I was called out to the Christian Science Church in Mayfair to bid on pews that were to be removed prior to demolition. Of the highest quality they were commercially worthless because they were laid out in a semi circle which made them very impractical for reuse. However I found...
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14 February 2016
LASSCO Goes Native
We are thrilled to announce the launch of Native Feasts – a Pop-Up Restaurant from Michelin starred chef Chris Godfrey here at LASSCO Three Pigeons in Oxfordshire. Chris and his team will be cooking the best seasonal British produce and serving it up as set menus for diners to share out, divvy up and feast down...
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11 February 2016
LASSCO Brunswick House in The Financial Times
‘Brunswick House has somehow contrived to become one of London’s best-known and yet least explored houses. Everyone knows it; not many know quite what it is. ‘ An article in The Financial Times property section amazes at how London’s Brunswick House survived 350 years of change. Follow this link: FT Brunswick House
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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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20 January 2016
Brunswick House Restaurant Review in The Evening Standard
‘Like a treasure hunt with clues or a tapestry with tight intricate stitches, the menu is woven together in a way that is enticing and also practical’, says Fay Maschler of The Evening Standard. The Brunswick House restaurant is also described as one of the renowned reviewer’s favourite places to eat…praise indeed! http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/restaurant Enjoy private...
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6 January 2016
Westminster Bridge in London Magazine
Look out for the latest issue of London Magazine (January 2016) that gives a great plug for the salvaged Westminster Bridge, currently for sale at LASSCO Three Pigeons. It reads: “Heritage for sale: You may think of them as a symbol of London history, as old as...
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11 December 2015
Salvaged Delft Tiles
At LASSCO Three Pigeons we’re just unpacking hundreds of beautiful Dutch tiles. Most of these boxes have been quietly stacked, forgotten, at the back of a warehouse in Northamptonshire since the 1930’s. We have acquired a wonderful cross-section of the stock. Many of the designs are by L.E.F. Bodart who was a celebrated ceramicist working for De Porceleyne...
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4 December 2015
Hidden History: Riding House Street
Charles Bell House, 67-73 Riding House Street. Like many otherwise obscure buildings in the heart of London, the building now known as Charles Bell House has a long pre-history and an anadromatic consistency of cultural significance. Named after the Professor of Physiology who gave UCL’s inaugural lecture in 1828 it now houses a number...
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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...