Chiswick House
Chiswick House and Gardens is one of the most glorious examples of 18th-century British architecture and landscaped gardens.
Two Georgian trendsetters, the architect and designer William Kent and his friend and patron Richard Boyle, third Earl of Burlington, created the house and gardens between 1725 and about 1738. Influenced by their travels on the Grand Tour, they rejected the showy Baroque style fashionable in England in favour of a simpler, symmetrical design based on the classical architecture of Italy.
Art and culture has always been at the heart of the place and, rather than a conventional home, Chiswick House was a bold architectural experiment.
We will have a private guided tour of both house and garden with the chance of a light lunch in the café – or you can bring your own. This will be a relaxing day, with our first pickup at 9.45am, and we expect to be back in Dorking by late afternoon.
| Coach departure places and times | |
| 9.45am | Brockham Middle Street near junction with Oakdene Road |
| 9.55am | Dorking outside Dorking Halls |
| 10am | Dorking opposite Waitrose |
| 10.05am | Dorking Knoll Road bus stop (on Horsham Road between Harrow Road East and Tower Hill Road) |
Cost: £39
How to book
If you are comfortable with paying online, you can book your place(s) on the form below and receive acknowledgement by email; otherwise contact Sally Connett (01306 740596) to make reservations and arrange payment.
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