Lydiard Park
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Overview
Set in country parkland, Lydiard Park belonged to the St John family (the Bolingbrokes) for 500 years up until 1943 when the Swindon Corporation purchased it. Since then the house has been restored and many of the original furnishings returned, together with a family portrait collection dating from Elizabethan to Victorian times. Exceptional plaster work, early wallpaper, a rare painted glass window, and a room devoted to the talented 18th-century artist, Lady Diana Beauclerk, can also be seen. There is a restored 18th-century ornamental fruit and flower walled garden.
Features
- Opening Times
- Open all year
- Opening Times: House open Wed-Sun & BH Mon 11-4. Garden open daily 11-4. Park open daily 7.30-dusk. Closed 24-25 Dec & 1 Jan
- Facilities
- Parking onsite
- Parking nearby
About the area
Wiltshire’s charm lies in the beauty of its countryside, with expansive chalk landscapes of the Marlborough and Pewsey downs and miles of uninterrupted views deep into Dorset, Somerset and the Cotswolds. Stroll through quaint timbered and thatched villages in the southern Woodford and Avon valleys and explore the historic streets of the stone villages of Lacock, Castle Combe and Sherston.
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