Friday 29th August 2025 (booking Thursday 19th June 2025)
We have arranged an additional day visit in August, to Longford Castle. This will be on 29th August 2025, with booking at the June lecture. Longford Castle was originally built in the late 16th century to an unusual triangular plan. In the 18th century, the second Earl of Radnor employed the architect James Wyatt to transform it into a hexagonal palace.
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Longford is home to many world-class works of art. The majority of works were collected by the family in the 18th and 19th centuries, but the collection continues to grow and evolve.
As well as paintings by Old Masters including Anthony van Dyck, Claude, David Teniers, Frans Hals, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and Thomas Gainsborough, you can also see contemporary art and sculpture. Alongside magnificent paintings, you can see stunning examples of Oriental porcelain, Brussels tapestries, and 18th-century English and continental furniture on display. Longford sits on the banks of the River Avon, south of Salisbury, Wiltshire.
The river runs through the estate, providing a spectacular backdrop to the gardens, which will also be open.
