 In 1860, he moved to Cromwell House, 21 Cromwell Road, which continued to be his London home for the rest of his life.The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh were guests there, where he put on lavish musical and theatrical events.Freake built the National Training School for Music at his own expense in 1874–5, becoming the Royal College of Organists, now a private house, opposite the Royal Albert Hall.