Closed for restoration from April 2012 until summer 2013. Please check website for details. One of Robert Adam’s finest villas, Kenwood House contains an important collection of paintings formed by the 1st Earl of Iveagh, who bought the house in 1925. Artists represented include Rembrandt, Vermeer, Reynolds and Gainsborough. The house also boasts a collection of 18th-century furniture and sculpture.