Burghley House

Home to William Cecil, Lord High Treasurer and Chief Minister to Queen Elizabeth I, Burghley is a true treasure house. Building works started in 1555 and stretched over 32 years before completion in 1587 and still remains a Tudor house at its heart. So much more than a building, Burghley offers a unique glimpse in to the way great houses have been lived in from the time of Queen Elizabeth I to the present day.

Your tour of our 18 remarkable State Rooms begins in the original soaring Tudor kitchen and includes the Queen Elizabeth I Bedroom... which she never actually stayed in, and the famous wall paintings of Heaven and Hell by Antonio Verrio!

Water, water everywhere… The Historical Garden of Surprises is a fantastic addition to Burghley and was inspired by William Cecil's lost Elizabethan garden, it now waits to reveal surprises to those who enter. Contemporary sculpture in an historic setting. On entering the Sculpture Garden you are welcomed by a mixed array of trees and shrubs that form a major structural element within the gardens, creating archways and external rooms, where discreetly hidden sculptures can be found. All surrounded by 1000's of acres of ‘Capability’ Brown parkland, which lies at the centre of this 13 000 acre traditional working Estate.

With over 450 years of family history and fabulous places to eat and shop Burghley is one not to be missed!
 

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