The William Morris Society
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The William Morris Society is a museum, library and archive dedicated to the founder of the Arts and Craft movement, based in Kelmscott House, his former riverside home.
Morris was not not the first distinguished man to live in the house - in 1816 Sir Francis Ronalds constructed the first electric telegraph in the garden. Fifty years later, writer George MacDonald moved in, and it was here that he wrote the children's books At the Back of the North Wind (1871) and The Princess and the Goblin (1873).
Morris took a lease on the house in April 1878 and almost immediately changed the name from The Retreat to Kelmscott House, after Kelmscott Manor, his 17th century country house in Gloucestershire.
Visitor information
Address
26 Upper Mall, Hammersmith, London, Greater London, W6 9TA
020 8741 3735
Opening times
November-March Thursday, Saturday, Sunday 1-4pm
April-October Thursday, Saturday, Sunday 2-5pm
Exclusions and safety measures
PLEASE NOTE THAT KELMSCOTT HOUSE ITSELF IS PRIVATELY OWNED AND NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
The Society is based in the Coach house and Basement.
School groups and private tours are welcomed. Please email wmsadmin@williammorrissociety.org to arrange.
