Chiswick House

Chiswick House is an 18th-century Neo-Palladian villa and landscape garden in the Chiswick district of west London. Built for Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, it is noted for its architectural design and historic gardens.

The house contains principal reception rooms and decorative features reflecting early Georgian taste, while the surrounding gardens include designed vistas, garden buildings and a restored landscape that influenced later English garden design. The estate is used for events, guided tours and seasonal garden programmes.

The villa was created in the early 18th century as a private country house and became a centre for patronage of the arts and architecture under its original owner. Over time the house and gardens have been restored and opened to the public to preserve their historic form.

Chiswick House sits in the Chiswick area of west London near the River Thames and is accessible from central London by public transport and local roads.

• Architectural importance: Chiswick House is an influential early 18th-century example of Neo-Palladian architecture and was important in the development of the English landscape garden movement.

What to See #

• The House: Main villa - a Neo-Palladian country house designed in the 18th century with principal reception rooms and architectonic features by Lord Burlington and William Kent.
• Gardens and landscape: Formal and informal gardens - a designed landscape with lawns, avenues, garden buildings and a restored conservatory area used for plantings and displays.
• Orangery and garden structures: Orangery and ancillary garden buildings that form part of the estate's historic garden composition and visitor route.