
Conference rooms
Our incredible historic venue is located in the heart of Westminster, London. For over 100 years, 100% of our profits have been regenerated into projects to transform lives around the world.
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Mary Sumner House
Mary Sumner House is a versatile venue space, featuring period-style meeting rooms in a historic setting, excellent customer service and a beautiful conference hall to meet all your event needs. Opened on 21 July 1925 by HRH Princess Mary Viscountess Lascelles, the Grade-II listed venue was built from the donations of members and friends of Mothers’ Union around the world.
Mary Sumner House offers affordable venue hire, with a selection of 8 beautiful rooms and a conference hall to choose from. We have something suitable for every occasion, with rooms ranging in size from 6 people to 120 people. While we don’t provide in-house catering, there is freedom to bring in your preferred caterers.
All profits from the hiring of our rooms goes towards our programmes which have supported communities and empowered women to transform lives for over 100 years.
Getting here
Mary Sumner House is in a prime central London location near Parliament Square and Westminster Abbey. There are excellent transport links, and it is a short walk from Victoria, Westminster and St James’s tube stations, as well as Charing Cross, Waterloo and Victoria train lines.
By bus
Bus
Stop name
3, C10
Stop NE (Millbank)
3, C10
Stop NT (Horseferry Road)
88
Stop NT (Horseferry Road), Stop NL (Horseferry Road)
11, 148
Stop P (Parliament Square / Westminster Abbey), Stop S (Westminster Abbey)
87
Stop NB (Horseferry Road/Lambeth Bridge), Stop NK (Horseferry Road)
By tube
Bus
Stop name
Victoria Station
0.8 miles
St James's Station
0.4 miles
Westminster Station
0.5 miles
Waterloo Station
1.2 miles
Pimlico Station
0.7 miles
Mary Sumner House offers assisted wheelchair access (Access Category 2) and access for delegates with mobility issues (Access Category 3) by way of the following:
- Ramp from street level into the building
- Lift to access Lower Ground, Ground, 1st & 2nd Floors for meeting rooms, and disable access toilet on 4th floor. Lift dimensions 1.20m (W) by 85cm (D). Doorway is 75cm wide.
- Stair lift for wheelchair uses to access the Conference Hall on the Lower Ground
- Disabled access Ladies toilet on 2nd floor, and unisex disabled access toilet on 4th floor
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Refreshments
We offer tea/coffee/biscuits/water in our smaller meeting rooms. Lunch for these rooms needs to be ordered from an external caterer as we do not provide in-house catering.
For the Conference Hall, refreshments and catering need to be ordered from an external caterer. We recommend Spoilt for Choice or Sands Catering.