Tactfully revived, Dennis Severs’ House — in Folgate Street, Spitalfields, London defies categorisation, finds Jeremy Musson
The name ‘Spitalfields’ conjures up a vision of early 18th-century London, crowded and cosmopolitan. If a single building could sum it up, it is surely the house of mystery and paradox at No 18, Folgate Street, better known as Dennis Severs’ House.
From 1979, Severs transformed his home into an ‘experience’ that defies definition,…
