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Lord Bolingbroke’s 21st Birthday Remembered – a stunning solid silver rosebowl restored
Category: 20th century, News Published on: 11th March 2024

In March 2024 a special party gathered on the steps of Lydiard House to recreate a historic occasion captured in photograph...

The Viscount who fought as a Tommy
Category: 20th century, News Published on: 28th January 2024

Vernon St John, the last Lord to live at Lydiard Park, features in a new book.  The Keep in 60 People provides a...

Elliot Woolford Diaries Project update
Category: 20th century, News Published on: 30th October 2023

In December 2020 The Friends of Lydiard Park began an ambitious project to transcribe and digitise a series of meticulously...

Wessex Museums Welcomes Lydiard House Museum to the Partnership
Category: News Published on: 19th October 2023

Lydiard House, which is an accredited museum, has joined the prestigious Wessex Museum partnership. This thriving...

Sponsor a Tile – new roof needed for St. Mary’s Church stable room
Category: News Published on: 9th August 2023

The roof is an important part of any building, and the Stable Room roof at St Mary’s Lydiard Tregoze is no exception. This...

Stylish new bar and restaurant opens in Lydiard Park
Category: News Published on: 15th June 2023

Lydiard Park Hotel and Conference centre re-opened in May 2023 following a £2.6 million makeover which has transformed its...

Lydiard House Reopens April 1st with a New Family Trail and Exhibition
Category: News Published on: 3rd April 2023

Lydiard House will reopen on Saturday, 1 April with a special welcome for families with young children.  ‘Let’s Find...

Lydiard Park's woodlands studied by WSBRC
Category: News Published on: 8th February 2023

Lydiard Park is currently being studied by the Wiltshire and Swindon Biological Records Centre (WSBRC) to find out more...

Author of The Lydiard Chronicles wins prestigious award
Category: News Published on: 30th January 2023

‘The Godmother's Secret’ by Elizabeth St. John has won the 2022 Historical Fiction Company’s Book of the Year,...

John Sales
Category: News Published on: 24th January 2023

It is with deep sadness we report the death of John Sales in December last year. John was an inspired Head of Gardens at the...