London Canal Museum has three types of furniture available:
- Basic furniture - folding oblong tables and non-upholstered
chairs, normally available free
- Banqueting furniture - round tables and upholstered chairs
for dining or conference use - at a charge
- Meeting room furniture - tables and upholstered chairs for
use in the meeting room only
Basic Furniture
We have 11 folding leg tables (sometimes incorrectly called tressle
tables) available. The sizes are (in inches):
- 3 of 24" x 72"
- 5 of 27" x 72"
- 3 of 24" x 60"
In addition there are 40 gallery chairs available. These are not
upholstered. We have two coat rails.
No charge is made for use of basic furniture at any event. For informal,
unseated events, and for small events, the basic furniture is normally
sufficient. The meeting room furniture is not normally available for use in the
museum galleries and is not part of the basic furniture. Coat rails are
provided free for all large scale events.
Banqueting Furniture
We have a complete set of banqueting furniture comprising 12 tables and
120 chairs. The tables are round, of 5 feet diameter. The chairs are a
comfortable folding design with upholstered seats and contoured back supports
in an attractive design. The colour is blue. These are suitable for a seated
meal or for theatre style conferences. The charges for use of the banqueting
furniture are:
- Use of complete set £300 plus VAT (£250 plus VAT if your
professional caterer undertakes to put all furniture away at the end)
- Use of chairs only £200 plus VAT (£150 plus VAT if your
professional caterer undertakes to put all furniture away at the end)
- Use of tables only £150 plus VAT (£100 plus VAT if your
professional caterer undertakes to put all furniture away at the end)
- A reduction of £100 is offered if fewer than half the tables
and chairs are required.
- Your caterer is responsible for setting up the furniture. (Except
that in the case of business conferences we usually quote a price inclusive of
set-up by museum staff). If the caterer also undertakes to put it all away at
the end, a reduced charge applies as above. This reduction applies when a
professional catering company gives us an acceptable assurance that they will
keep staff on the museum to the end of the event and put the furniture away.
The people doing the puttng-away cannot be guests at the function.
- Table cloths and other linen are normally arranged by your caterer.
We can provide good quality white or cream disposable round cloths at
£7.00 plus VAT per table with 10 days notice. The price is reduced to
£6 if your caterer is setting the tables and we need only supply the
cloths to the caterer.
- If you require table cloth hire we can, with notice, arrange it for
you, or you can ask your caterer to arrange this. Usually the caterer arranges
linen when a meal is being provided. We charge £25 plus £10 per
cloth and you can choose from white, green, blue, navy blue, maroon, and black
round polyester cloths.
- If you would prefer a quotation for your event to include use of
banqueting furniture, simply tell us when making your enquiry.
Meeting Room Furniture
The meeting room has a flexible layout of 8 tables and 12 fully
upholstered grey chairs. These are normally for use in the meeting room only.
Where theatre style meetings for up to 20 are held in the conference room, we
provide additional seating at no extra cost. Quotations for hire of the small
conference/meeting room are inclusive of all tables and chairs, except that a
small supplement is charged for round tables.
External hire
You or your caterer can hire furniture externally from any company
except Hallmark Catering and Equipment Hire. If you hire furniture externally
you need to book storage facilities with us as may be necessary and have plans
in place for it to be put in store at the end of the event, either by us or by
your caterer.
Please Make an enquiry to
ask for a quotation or check availability, to book, or contact us to arrange a
viewing.
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