Rangers House, Chesterfield Walk, Greenwich, Greater London
The Wernher Collection on display in The Pink Drawing Room. The Ranger's House is a Georgian villa, designed by Andrew Snape and built for Admiral Francis Hosier in around 1723. The house contains the Wernher Collection, purchased by the diamond magnate Sir Julius Wernher (1850-1912). He ran the London end of Wernher, Beit & Co., which was later amalgamated with the De Beers corporation. Arranged within the panelled interiors, the Wernher Collection comprises nearly 700 works of art, including early religious paintings and Dutch Old Masters, carved Gothic ivories, fine Renaissance bronzes, jewellery, porcelain, silverware, furniture, woodcarving and tapestries. This property is now (2011) in the care of English Heritage
