Originally a Tudor House, Lyme was transformed by the Venetial architect Leoni into an Italianate palace. Some of the Elizabethan interiors survive and contrast dramatically with later rooms. The state rooms are adorned with Mortlake tapestries, Grinling Gibbons wood carvings and an important collection of English clocks. The 6.8ha (17 acre) Victorian garden boasts impressive bedding schemes, a sunken parterre, an Edwwardian rose garden, Jekyll-style herbaceous borders, reflection lake a ravine garden and Wyatt conservatory. The garden is surrounded by medieval deer park of almost 566ha (1400 acres) of moorland, woodland and parkland, containing an early 18th-Century hunting tower. Lyme appeared as 'Pemberley' in the BBC's recent adaptation of the Jane Austen novel 'Pride and Prejudice'.

Opening Times:

House: 21 March - 30 October daily 1-5pm (closed Wednesdays & Thursdays), Bank Holidays 11am-5pm. Timed tickets on Bank Holidays.

Park: Open daily - April-31 Oct 8am-8.30pm; November - 31 March 8am-6pm

Garden: 21 March to 30 October daily 11am-5pm; Nov - Dec 18 Open Sat & Sun only 12-3pm;

Also tagged as: Heritage attractions, Conference facilities

Contact details

Address: , Disley, Stockport, SK12 2NX
Telephone: (01663) 762 023
Fax: (01663) 765 035
Email: lymepark@nationaltrust.org.uk
Website: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk