Limited access only for the next eight weeks
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Essential repairs for the Grade I listed Chiswick House and Gardens Conservatory will be carried out following the announcement of funding from Viridor Credits, with the support of the Chiswick House Friends.
The Conservatory will now have limited access from Monday (30 September) until the works are completed,
which is estimated to be at least 8 weeks.
The Trust asks that the community and visitors bear with
them whilst this work is underway, to enable these vital structural improvements to be made.
The Conservatory was commissioned by the 6th Duke of Devonshire, the great-grandson of Lord
Burlington (who built Chiswick House), in the early 19th century and is now home to a heritage
camellia collection, which bloom every March. At 300ft long, it was one of the earliest large glass houses to be built, and thus a forerunner to Decimus Burton’s glass house at Kew and Joseph Paxton’s Crystal Palace.
However, the Conservatory needs a robust management and maintenance programme.
The Trust says that the repairs for this year are particularly costly and so Chiswick House and Gardens Trust pursued funding from the Viridor Credits Environmental Company, who are part of the Landfill Communities Fund. To secure this funding support was sought from the community, by way of letters of support, and from the Chiswick House Friends.
Viridor Credits Environmental Company seeks applications from not-for-profit groups and
organisations and community groups.
September 30, 2019
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