Fenton House

Infobox UKproperty
property_name = Fenton House
imgage_name = Fenton House Hampstead front February 2006.jpg
image_size = 150px
caption = Fenton House (winter 2006)
type = Historic house
NT/EH/RHS = NT
Managed =
area =
main = Merchant's house
other = Historic musical instruments
public_access = Yes
museum =
exhibition = Yes
country =
region = Greater London
gridSquare =
address = Hampstead Grove, Hampstead
postcode = London NW3
refreshments = No
parking = Paid, on street
shop = No
webAddress =
co_ord =coord|51|33|32.01|N|0|10|46.85|W|display=inline,title|region:GB_type:landmark

Fenton House is a 17th century merchant's house in Hampstead in North London which belongs to the National Trust, bequeathed to them in 1952 by Lady Binning, its last owner and resident. It is a detached house with a walled garden, which is large by London standards, and features roses, an orchard and a working kitchen garden. The interior houses the Benton Fletcher collection of early keyboard instruments, one of which is often played to visitors during opening hours, and collections of paintings (including the collection of Peter Barkworth, and loans of Sir William Nicholson paintings), porcelain, 17th-century needlework pictures and Georgian furniture. It also has a fine portraits of Dorothy Jordan, William IV, George IV, Frederick FitzClarence and Adolphus Fitzclarence - one of Jordan's daughters by William IV lived in the house. [http://www.bridgemanartondemand.com/index.cfm?event=catalogue.product&productID=168945]

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External links

* [http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-fentonhouse/ Fenton House information at the National Trust]
* [http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-fentonhouse/w-fentonhouse-history/w-fentonhouse-history-collectors.htm Collections at the House]