Museum of Farnham

Willmer House, the home of the Museum of Farnham, is an outstanding and little altered example of a Georgian townhouse. It was built in 1718 for a wealthy hop merchant, John Thorne, and today it is one of Farnham’s only two nonecclesiastical Grade I Listed Buildings. It is a symmetrical early Georgian townhouse with Baroque design influences and many original interior features.
The front façade is a tour de force of rubbed and gauged red brickwork with fine putty joints, though this is currently obscured by scaffolding pending repair work.
Behind the house is a sheltered walled garden, secluded and quiet, with a portrait bust of William Cobbett. The modern Garden Gallery is a teaching and exhibition space which can be hired for private events.

Timings & Tours

Saturday 14 September:

1000-1600

Location & directions

Willmer House, 38 West Street, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7DX

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

Disabled access to ground floor, Garden Gallery and garden, disabled parking and accessible toilet. Stairs to upper floors.

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