Brunswick House takes private dinners, receptions, corporate events, meetings, Christmas parties, birthdays and wedding receptions for 12 to 110 seated guests or 50 to 250 standing. The house is a Grade II* listed Georgian mansion at 30 Wandsworth Road in Vauxhall, south London, built in 1758, and its rooms are furnished with antiques by LASSCO, the architectural antiques company that owns it and manages the hire.
Seminars and company events
Rooms can be booked for the day, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., or for the evening, from 6 p.m. to midnight, with an extension to 1 a.m. available. The smaller ground-floor rooms suit board meetings and working lunches: the Study seats 10, the Parlour 17 and the Library 38. On the first floor, the Saloon seats 70 and opens onto a terrace, and the Smoking Room seats 40; the two can be booked together for a larger dinner. A company can also take the whole house, with drinks on the ground floor, a meal on the first floor and a party in the cellars, for 110 seated or 250 standing. Christmas party banquets are offered for up to 110 guests.
Weddings and receptions
Wedding receptions, birthdays and anniversary dinners use the same rooms. A usual plan for the whole house is a drinks reception downstairs, a seated dinner in the Saloon and the Smoking Room, and dancing in the cellars, where the Black Duke bar is located. The garden is included in every hire and holds 120 standing, which gives guests an outdoor space for drinks in summer.
Rooms and capacities
The ground floor holds 110 standing or 55 seated, the first floor 120 standing or 110 seated, and the cellars 120 standing or 60 seated. Any two of the three floors can be booked together. By room, the Study takes 20 standing or 10 seated, the Parlour 40 or 17, the Library 50 or 38, the Saloon 80 or 70, and the Smoking Room 70 or 40. The Parlour and the Library can be booked as a pair. The restaurant and bar can also be taken over for 130 seated or 200 standing, with food and drink minimum spends. All rooms come furnished and the house holds a late licence.
Catering
Catering is in-house. Food comes from the house restaurant, a modern British kitchen run by Jackson Boxer and Frank Boxer, served through Brunswick House Café. Banquet menus are offered to groups of 12 to 24 at lunch and dinner, and a reduced à la carte menu works for 8 to 12. For larger hires, the team prepares a quote built around the event, and seasonal festive menus are added from mid-November.
History and setting
The house was built in 1758 for the Duke of Brunswick and is listed at Grade II*, the middle of England's three listing grades. It stands on the Vauxhall roundabout, and its rooms are filled with antiques from LASSCO. The cellars also host jazz nights, and the restaurant and bar operate on the ground floor.
Getting there
Vauxhall Underground, rail and bus stations are about two minutes away on foot. Guests who drive can use the St George Wharf underground car park, a few meters from the house. Viewings are available Monday to Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., subject to availability.
