LONGLEAT HOUSE & PARK
An Elizabethan stately home set in 900 acres of 'Capability' Brown landscaped grounds. Silver, gold & objets de vertu, mostly English. English & Continental furniture 16th-21st century. English portraits 16th-21st century, topographical works, still-lifes & capriccios, 17th century Dutch landscapes & genre scenes, Italian Old Masters. English, European & Far Eastern ceramics & glass. Textile collection comprising 18th & 19th century European & Far Eastern embroidery. Libraries & archives assembled by the Thynne family since (and even slightly before) Longleat was purchased in the 1540s. Books in the libraries range from the early medieval codices & incunables to 19th & 20th century children's books, Churchilliana & modern first editions. The archive begins with early medieval material and includes a core collection generated by the Thynne family themselves, as well as 16th-18th century collections of divergent provenance acquired largely by inheritance.
Access
Public access to the Property for a minimum of 100 days each year, between April and October, currently being every day of those months (between 10.00am and 5.30pm). Just off the A36 between Bath & Salisbury, (A362 Warminster - Frome). For details of opening times please refer to the website link shown.
- 100 access days a year
- Lent to public exhibitions
- Images supplied to curators on request
The owner's binding undertakings
1. Undertakings in relation to Longleat House and Estate To take reasonable steps to maintain repair and preserve Longleat House, its park and the Longleat Estate (the Property) and to secure reasonable public access to the property. In particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the above undertakings to abide by the terms of the Heritage Management Plan for the Property dated October 2003 (the Management Plan). The Management Plan will last for fifteen years from October 2003, but its work programme will be updated and its content will be reviewed every five years; with a new Heritage Management Plan being entered into on the expiry of the Management Plan and every fifteen years thereafter. The public will be allowed access to the principal rooms of the House for a minimum of 100 days between 1 April and 31 October each year; the House is currently open on every day of …