Chiswick House is a Palladian villa in Burlington Lane, Chiswick, London W4, England.

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Chiswick House: East Front
Made by curry15
I've taken so many photos of this wonderful building, it's my favourite in London. The building is based on The Villa Almerico-Capra. La Rotonda in Vicenza. Designed by Andrea Palladio in the 16th century. To the left there is a Statue of Andrea Palladio, by Michael Rysbrack and opposite a statue of Inigo Jones. Chiswick House is the first and one of the finest examples of neo-Palladian design in England. Inspired by the architecture of ancient Rome and 16th Century Italy, he built the house as a homage to Renaissance architect Palladio. Chiswick House remains a bold architectural experiment; a showcase for art collections, and a venue for entertaining. Completed by 1729, the villa, which echoes classical temple design, was never conceived as a private residence. It is instead, a bold architectural experiment by Burlington, a grand pavilion where he could display his art and book collection and entertain small groups of friends. During his travels Burlington met the architect William Kent and invited him to collaborate on the design of the villa. No expense or creativity was spared on the interior and Kent designed the luxurious and colourful velvet rooms with red, green and blue velvet walls, that interconnect with a magnificent domed central saloon. Today, the Blue Velvet room and Upper Tribunal have been expertly restored and a future phase of the restoration programme will see the other main rooms returned to their original splendour. www.chgt.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=12


Chiswick House: East Front
Made by curry15
Sphinxes are symbolic guardians of the House, since in classical mythology the sphinx guarded the entrance to Thebes and strangled visitors who failed to solve her riddle. The originals of the imposing sphinxes, which stood guard on the main gate piers, were removed in 1897 and taken to Green Park. The first owner Lord Burlington, commissioned the two original sphinxes when the house was built in the late 1720s. The new sphinxes, which each weigh 280kg, have been painstakingly recreated using a ‘Lost Wax’ casting process that involves creating a negative mould of the sphinx from an existing original cast lead sphinx inside the house. Molten wax is then poured into the mould, to create a hollow wax copy. These wax replicas are then ‘invested’ (coated in a hard ceramic mixture) and placed in a kiln. After two days, the wax melts out and vaporises leaving a hollow form inside the ceramic shell into which the molten lead is then poured. After cooling the ceramic casing is then broken away to reveal the new lead casting inside. Chiswick House is Grade I listed. www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=conc...


Chiswick House, West London
Made by John Quintero
View On Black Chiswick House Gardens in winter. Taken last year but only published now. Chiswick House is the first and one of the finest examples of neo-Palladian design in England. Created by the third Earl of Burlington, who was inspired on his grand tour by the architecture of ancient Rome and 16th century Italy, Chiswick House is a stunning homage to the work of Renaissance architect Palladio. Completed by 1729, the villa, which echoes classical temple design, was never conceived as a private residence. It is instead, a bold architectural experiment by Burlington, a grand pavilion where he could display his art and book collection and entertain small groups of friends. During his travels Burlington met the architect William Kent and invited him to collaborate on the design of the villa. No expense or creativity was spared on the interior and Kent designed the luxurious and colourful velvet rooms with red, green and blue velvet walls, that interconnect with a magnificent domed central saloon. Like on facebook


Flying over Chiswick
Made by tpholland
The walk had been marred by and fast-moving stormclouds. When we entered Chiswick House, the rain was still heavy; when we emerged through the portico, the sky was completely blue and the clouds had cleared. Maybe the arrangement of neo-palladian columns around the central dome focuses some kind of energy which clears the sky above it. I've sometimes noticed that Boyle's architecture is capable of slowing time--a simple experiment in Boyle's Assembly Rooms in York, now a franchise of Ask pizza restaurant, famously shows that pizzas take well over twice as long to arrive at your table than in any other Ask franchise or comparable high-street convenience restaurant--so why should cloud-busting require a particular leap of faith? Note the lack of contrails.


Chiswick House: West Front
Made by curry15
This Palladian style villa was built from 1726-29 It was built as a temple of the arts for Lord Burlington and also designed by him, strongly influenced by Palladio. The interiors are by William Kent. It's my favourite London house and on a sunny day I can sit on the grass and pretend I'm in Italy The Atlantic Blue cedar trees have been replaced by trees propagated from the original 18th century Cedars of Lebanon planted by Lord Burlington and William Kent. The propagation of cedars from historic gardens like Chiswick is essential to conserve a genetic gene pool of trees that are now becoming ever rarer in their native Lebanon.


Chiswick House
Made by Thomas Corrie
The front façade of Chiswick House, designed by the 3rd Earl of Burlington assisted by William Kent and constructed between 1726-9. The form derives from Palladio's Villa Capra near Vicenza and a statue of Palladio by Michael Rysbrack is situated on the left side of the house. Now the house and gardens are owned by the London Borough of Hounslow and managed by English Heritage. Pen on paper 420 x 297mm


Lead sphinx at Chiswick House
Made by tpholland
These lead casts were mass produced by John Cheere. This one was introduced to the Chiswick House gardens by Boyle in 1742, but he was never a fan of lead sculptures, complaining that they fell out of shape. Cheere's neoclassical creations were ubiquitous in mid-eighteenth-century gardens aspiring to grandeur. With the invention of , though, the less robust cast lead become obsolete.


ChiswickHouseFestival_020.JPG
Made by geeksquad
When The Geek Squad started with it's first geekmobile, some people thought we were a rock band. Now we are. The gig was here: www.housefestival.co.uk/chiswickhouse.php


View of the back of Chiswick House
Made by Maxwell Hamilton
Chiswick House is a Palladian villa situated in Burlington Lane, Chiswick, in the London Borough of Hounslow in England. Built during the reign of George II, it is today a Grade 1 listed building. (Wikipedia)


Chiswick House
Made by An Afterthought
18th Century classical villa, influenced by Palladio [born 500 years ago this year]. There was a newly wedded couple for a photo shoot, hence the classical car in the courtyard.


Chiswick House Shutter
Made by trailerfullofpix
The home of the Earl of Burlington, built in 1726-1729. I snapped this inside before I learned that no photography was allowed -- don't tell!


The W4 crew @ Chiswick House
Made by cvan
Clockwise from bottom: Michelle, Orson, Lily, Jo, Phil (questionning my ability with a camera) and me - Christian (justifying Phil's concern)


Sphix
Made by An Afterthought
The ground had many statues including Sphinxes. The Italianate Classical garden was closed off for restoration ... will be back later.


last house photo
Made by Svet Queen of Rock
that was when I was told I shouldn't have taken any pictures.....I didn't see the sign as we came in through another door


marble table top
Made by Svet Queen of Rock
This is the top of a marble Italian table and has a different type of marble in every detail.


Ignatius Jones
Made by trailerfullofpix
At Chiswick House, the home of the Earl of Burlington, built in 1726-1729.


blue velvet wallpaper
Made by Svet Queen of Rock
this was the wallpaper on the walls of the blue room it was rich and smooth


London_Chiswick Hse_005 1
Made by TNoble2008
Chiswick House, Hogarth Lane and Burlington Lane, W4 1725-9 Photo: 1990


Sphinx
Made by vermegrigio
Chiswick House, London, UK. July 2011 Shooted by Nikon Coolpix S620


Chiswick House
Made by stuqpr
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