Eastbury Manor House is a listed mansion in Barking originally built by Clement Sysley, an Elizabethan merchant. After a series of farming tenancies the house fell into decay until 1918 when it was restored by the National Trust. Today the building is an arts, heritage and community resource managed by the London Borough of Barking.
In tandem with a major restoration program we prepared funding and tender drawings for a permanent exhibition within the Attic rooms and interpretation for the other major spaces.
The historic interior ruled out any structural fixings. This constraint, coupled with the multi-purpose function of the principal rooms, led us to develop a range of freestanding display units made of oak with simple styling to echo Elizabethan furniture.
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View a full set of the exhibition drawings
