Lydiard House
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A Palladian house set in 260 acres of landscaped parkland
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
John Greenhill's Portrait of a Gentleman identified as 3rd Earl of Warwick was Art Funded in 2010
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.
Art we’ve helped buy at Lydiard House
Art we’ve helped buy at Lydiard House
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.
