Make the most of the summer evenings at a favourite local event - Proms on The Roof at the glorious Roof Gardens From 6.30pm – 8.30pm classical music lovers can enjoy a treat for the eyes and ears with music as beautiful as the setting.
We will have exclusive access to the Spanish Hideaway and complimentary drinks and food until 8.30pm with guests able to stay and enjoy the rest of the evening by wandering the three stunning gardens, where you will be transported to a classical oasis for the evening.
Leave the rush of the city behind and while away the summer evenings listening to classical and world music, New Orleans Jazz, a Latin Harp and sultry opera with Carmen.
The Roof Gardens were the dream of Trevor Bowen, the vice president of John Barker & Co. In 1936 he employed landscape architect Ralph Hancock to realise his vision. The gardens took two years to build at a cost of £25,000 and opened to the public in May 1938.
A shilling was charged for entry which raised over £120,000 for local charities over 30 years. The depth of the soil is 18-inches with drainage made of bricks and clinker over a waterproof membrane. Ralph Hancock brought in over 500 species of plants and shrubs and even imported rock from Pennsylvania for his alpine planting!
There are seven trees which remain from this original planting and the gardens have been acknowledged as a place of ‘Specific Historical Interest’ and given a Grade II listing by English Heritage.
The space on the 6th floor of the building was run as Regine’s – a restaurant and nightclub, until 1981 when Sir Richard Branson became the owner and transformed the interior into an amazing events space, restaurant and private members club which you see today.