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Lydiard House, home to the Viscounts Bolingbroke Lydiard House, home to the Viscounts Bolingbroke
One of the luxurious bedrooms One of the luxurious bedrooms
Lydiard House and Park has many lawns to picnic on Lydiard House and Park has many lawns to picnic on
The drawing room The drawing room
John Greenhill's Portrait of a Gentleman identified as 3rd Earl of Warwick was Art Funded in 2010 John Greenhill's Portrait of a Gentleman identified as 3rd Earl of Warwick was Art Funded in 2010
Lydiard House, home to the Viscounts Bolingbroke, © Jane Gifford
One of the luxurious bedrooms
Lydiard House and Park has many lawns to picnic on, © Jane Gifford
The drawing room
John Greenhill's Portrait of a Gentleman identified as 3rd Earl of Warwick was Art Funded in 2010

A Palladian house set in 260 acres of landscaped parkland

The state apartments contain exceptional plasterwork, original furniture and furnishings, family portraits from the 15th to the 19th century, and a dressing room devoted to the 18th-century society artist Lady Diana Spencer. Don't miss the intriguing 17th-century painted window by Abraham Van Linge depicting over 100 pieces of exquisitely painted glass figures, flowers, tiny flies and even an elephant.


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Lydiard House

Lydiard Tregoze, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 3PA

01793 770401

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Opening times

Apr – Oct
Tue – Fri, 11am – 5pm

Nov – Mar
Tue – Fri, 11am – 4pm

Open on Bank Holidays
Closed 24 – 26 Dec and 1 Jan

Free entry with National Art Pass

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Exhibitions nearby

Leslie Cole, Mary (Young Girl with Doll), 1946

Touring the Swindon Collection, 60 Years On

  • Swindon Museum and Art Gallery, Swindon
  • Until 9 November 2019
  • Free to all
Last chance
Thomas Kellner, San Francisco, Afternoon at Golden Gate Bridge, 2004

All Shook Up: Thomas Kellner’s America

  • American Museum & Gardens, Bath
  • Until 3 November 2019
  • 50% off entry with National Art Pass
Last chance
Kaffe Fassett’s Quilts in America

Kaffe Fassett’s Quilts in America

  • American Museum & Gardens, Bath
  • Until 3 November 2019
  • 50% off entry with National Art Pass

Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years

Art we’ve helped buy at Lydiard House

A Performing Bear
 Acquired 2001
Bolingbroke at Lydiard Tregoze
 Acquired 2002
Portrait of a Gentleman traditionally identified as Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick
 Acquired 2010

Make sure you seek out John Greenhill's Portrait of a Gentleman traditionally identified as Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick which was back for the house with help from the Art Fund in 2010. The portrait was believed to have hung in the State Bedroom at Lydiard House until the house was sold to Swindon Corporation in 1943 and some paintings were sent to auction. Bolingbroke at Lydiard Tregoze by John Piper is a depiction of the interior of St. Mary's Church which stands directly behind Lydiard House and is famous for the quality of its 17th-century monuments and stained glass. See if you can match the painting with the real view.

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