Brunswick House
Dating back to the mid 17th Century, Brunswick House is a mansion in Vauxhall. The house and its gardens once took up over three acres of land, and it’s had a number of different owners through the years, ranging from Friedrich Wilhelm, the Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel to the London and Southwestern Railway Company. Brunswick House, all brick and portico and history, is now in the care of LASSCO, an architectural salvage company.
Jackson Boxer’s serves his dishes in the basement, under shower of chandeliers, which are retro and indulgent to fit with the pleasure garden atmosphere, but always true to the chef’s culinary philosophy of souring British ingredients. The interiors are not only bohemian, but also satiate maximalists and romantics, being stuffed full of antiques, darkened mirrors, old rugs, bare wooden tables, a few booths made from red-leather banquettes pushed into place. The food of course matches the décor in terms of making sense out of disparate parts.
Boxer is also an alumnus of those iconic cooks including Fergus Henderson of St John and his wife, Margot. Boxer started as a babysitter and then pot washer for Margot before making his way to Great Queen Street, also part of the St John family tree. He’s said Fergus’s roast bone marrow with parsley salad was a revelatory moment of wanting to go into the restaurant business. Backing up his Fergus fealty, his new Head Chef Andrew Clarke, has worked in the Anchor and Hope in Waterloo, another St John offspring.
Brunswick House images by Alexander Boxer