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Chiswick House

Chiswick House is a Neo-Palladian villa in west London designed and built for Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and completed in 1729. The compact, symmetrical villa faces formal gardens and a designed landscape by William Kent and served as a private art-filled retreat and a model of Palladian classicism in Britain.

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First raised

1725

Its prime

1729

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1729

What Chiswick House looked like in its prime.

A compact cube of brick faced in pale Portland stone, the villa presents a projecting six-column Corinthian portico set on a rusticated plinth with vermiculated rustication. A low, hemispherical lead-clad dome (octagonal upper drum) crowns the centre. Symmetrical balustraded stone ramps rise to the raised portico; short crenellated wall sections with ball finials extend either side. The house is set against broad lawns and sinuous garden walks with a widened stream and cascade.

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9 places to explore in 1729.

The record describes 9 distinct spots at Chiswick House, including 4 interiors: upper tribunal (octagonal room under the dome), lower tribunal / central hall, blue velvet room (lord burlington's study) and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

Gravel forecourt and frontal approachPortico balcony and entranceStatues and crenellated garden wall sectionsUpper Tribunal (octagonal room under the dome)Lower Tribunal / central hallBlue Velvet Room (Lord Burlington's study)Gallery with ceiling paintingsGarden lake, cascade and elevated walkwayExedra — the hedge theatre

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Families who held Chiswick House.

The families tied to Chiswick House across its history, follow a name to its page.

Boyle
Designed and built by Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, as his Palladian villa, completed in 1729.
Cavendish
Passed by marriage to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, in 1753 and held by the Dukes of Devonshire until 1929.

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