Festive Afternoon Tea at RSA House

Description

  • Daytime and Food & Drink
  • Tickets from £65.00 - £75.00
  • Embankment
  • Jazz
  • Over 18
  • Fri, 1st Dec 2023 @ 14:00 - 17:00
  • 14:00 - 17:00

Treat yourself this festive season with a decadent afternoon tea within the historic building of RSA House. You’ll be welcomed with a glass of sparkling on arrival and be serenaded by live jazz music throughout. There will also be the opportunity to browse historic items from the RSA’s archive.

Sample Menu

Sandwiches 
  • H. Forman’s smoked salmon, pickled shallot & dill mayonnaise
  • Classic roast turkey, stuffing, cranberry & mayo
  • Honey roasted ham, plum chutney & land cress
  • Clarence Court Burford Brown egg mayonnaise, chives & cress
  • English cucumber, minted crème fraiche
Savoury 
  • Pork & cranberry sausage roll
  • Blue cheese & walnut quiche
Cakes & pastries
  • Coffee opera cake
  • Carrot cake Slice
  • Spiced Christmas fruit cake
  • Orange & cinnamon scones

Pricing: £65pp includes a glass of prosecco & tea/coffee throughout. £75pp includes a glass of sparkling, tea/coffee throughout & half a bottle of prosecco.

Taking part in RSA in-person events 

To participate in this event, you will need to register for a ticket for capacity purposes. We encourage all attendees who are ill or showing symptoms of illness to stay at home and cancel their tickets if they are no longer able to join us. If you have any questions, or to let us know of any access requirements, or reasonable adjustments you require, please email house@rsa.org.uk. 

By registered for this event you consent to receive communications about this event. both before and after, and you agree to receive information on further events at RSA House. You also agree to sharing your name with Fellows and/or partner organisations hosting this event.  

Please note, we plan to have a photographer and videographer capturing the event. Content would be used by the RSA to publicise the event series or other future RSA activities. By booking to attend we will assume your consent to this unless you inform the organiser upon arrival that you do not wish to be included in photos or video. 

The information you provide when registering for an event will be retained by the RSA and will be used to record attendance at the event. To understand more about how the RSA uses your data, please see ourprivacy policy. 

Please note, registrations will close 48hrs before the event is due to start. 

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Tickets/Times

Ticket Event time Cost
General (sparkling on arrival & tea/coffee throughout) 14:00 - 17:00 £65.00
General (sparkling on arrival & tea/coffee throughout + bottle for the table) 14:00 - 17:00 £75.00

Location

Address

RSA House 8, John Adam Street, WC2N 6EZ

Area

Embankment

Nearest Station

Embankment (Tube)

Organiser

RSA House
RSA House has been home to the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce) and its 30,000 strong fellowship since 1774 as well as some of the greatest thinkers and social activists of the past 200 years. Some notable names of past and present fellows you might recognise include Charles Dickens, Dame Judi Dench, Sir David Attenborough and Professor Steven Hawking. The Coffee House is open to the public Mon-Fri from 8:30am. We host ticketed event throughout the house regularly and there is something for everyone. Everyone is welcome. The house also hosts 11 bookable spaces that are available for all event types - from conferences to parties. Get in touch at house@rsa.org.uk for more details.

Venue

RSA House

The Royal Society Arts and Commerce is long historic charity that aims to make positive change for society. They're housed in stunning Georgian town house near Charing Cross and just off The Strand, on John Adam Street. Over the past 250 years, the building is now a hub for people from across the…

T&Cs

1. The ticket holder voluntarily assumes all risks and danger incidental to the event for which the ticket is issued, whether occurring prior, during or after the event. The ticket holder voluntarily agrees that the management, venue, event participants, DesignMyNight WFL Media Ltd and all of their respective agents, officers, directors, owners and employers are expressly released by the ticket holder from any claims arising from such causes.
2. Tickets are issued subject to the rules and regulations of the venue.
3. Please check your tickets, as mistakes cannot always be rectified.
4. Occasionally, events are cancelled or postponed by the promoter, team, performer or venue for a variety of reasons. If the event is cancelled, please contact us for information on receiving a refund from the responsible party. If the event was moved or rescheduled, the venue or promoter may set refund limitations. It is your responsibility to ascertain the date and time of any rearranged event.
5. The venue reserves the right to refuse admission and may on occasion have to conduct security searches to ensure the safety of the patrons.
6. Every effort to admit latecomers will be made at a suitable break in the event, but admission cannot always be guaranteed.
7. We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded after purchase.
8. Tickets are sold subject to the venue or promoter's right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its control without being obliged to refund monies or exchange tickets.
9. If this ticket is re-sold or transferred for profit or commercial gain by anyone other than the promoter, venue management, DesignMyNight or one of their authorised sub-agents, it will become voidable and the holder may be
refused entry to or ejected from the venue.
10. The venue may operate a No Smoking Policy.
11. The promoter, venue management and DesignMyNight accept no responsibility for any personal property.
12. The event listed on the purchased ticket is strictly for ticket holders who are over 18 years of age. Identification may be required.

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    Really good evening, catering for all levels of experience. Unlike many drop ins this is a tutored session,with a really good and engaging tutor taking us through a series of drawing exercises. Lovely venue too. Great value.
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