No.11 Cavendish Square
/ About
George Foster Tufnell built the houses at 11-14 Cavendish Square in the early 1770s, and the Grade II listed pair behind No.11's door has since been a convent, a Jesuit college and, from 1996, the home of The King's Fund. Jacob Epstein's lead Madonna and Child still hangs over the arch on the square. The venue is run by KEHF Limited, the Fund's trading subsidiary, and takes private hire across around twenty rooms on four floors.
The range runs from a Georgian boardroom for twenty-four to the Burdett Suite, a self-contained space seating 240 at dinner with its own entrance, registration area and courtyard. Between them sit the Orangery, a glass-roofed hall opening onto a courtyard garden planted with a living wall, and the Green House, a ground-floor room built around a curved champagne bar. Catering is by Searcys and prepared on site. The house does not take dry hire and does not allow outside caterers.
The courtyard is the detail we like most: indoor-outdoor space this close to Oxford Circus is rare, and the Orangery and its garden together hold 280 for a reception. The house runs its own festive programme to a DJ and dancing, and the alcohol licence carries to midnight. AIM gold accredited, step-free throughout, three minutes' walk from Oxford Circus.
/ Rooms Available
The Burdett Suite
PrivateThe largest space in the house and the only one that is entirely self-contained, with its own entrance, registration area, catering space and courtyard. It seats 240 for dinner and holds 300 for a reception.
Orangery & Courtyard
PrivateA high glass-roofed hall opening onto the courtyard garden and its living wall. Indoors and out together hold 280 for a reception; 132 sit down inside.
The Green House
PrivateA ground-floor room off the main reception, built around a curved champagne bar in wood and Corian, with floor-to-ceiling windows, planting and dynamic lighting. The bar makes it the natural choice for a drinks reception or a party.
The Edwards Room
PrivateA wall of windows, a retractable screen and a lectern that can be removed make this the most adaptable of the larger rooms. It seats 100 for dinner and holds 120 for a reception.
The Garden Room
PrivateA Georgian room looking over the courtyard through tall picture windows, with the original cornicing, a high ceiling and an ornate fireplace. It seats 50 for dinner and holds 100 for a reception, and is licensed for ceremonies.
The President's Suite
PrivateTwo interlinked Georgian rooms. The President's Room is built around a 24-seat boardroom table, with acoustic glazing in the picture windows onto Cavendish Square; the Treasurer's Room next door takes a drinks reception or serves as a breakout. Twenty-two sit down to lunch or dinner. Weekend hire is only offered alongside a larger booking.
The Maynard Theatre
PrivateA pillar-free, air-conditioned room on the lower ground floor, laid out as a lecture theatre for up to 120, with streaming and recording facilities. The three Maynard syndicate rooms and the foyer can be taken alongside it as the Maynard Suite. The venue publishes no dining or reception figure for this room.
/ Perfect For
/ Features
AV Equipment
- – Sound System
- – PA System
- – Projector
- – Microphone
- – LED Screens
Catering
- – In-House Luxury Dining
- – Bespoke Menus
- – Canape Service
Licensing
- – Full Alcohol Licence
Venue Specs
- – Private Entrance
- – Dedicated Events Team
- – Air Conditioned
- – Wheelchair Accessible
- – Cloakroom
- – High-Speed Wi-Fi
- – Outdoor Terrace
- – Smoking Area
/ Getting Here
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