Lyme Hall

Grade II* listed, Lyme Hall is a historic house located in a 1400 acre parkland now managed by the National Trust.

Lyme Hall was built, enhanced and enlarged by the Leghs over the course of their tenure, with each generation leaving its imprint on the building.

By the middle of the sixteenth century, there was a home in Lyme. The magnificent, fifteen-bay Palladian south front that overlooks the central garden was built by Venetian architect Giacomo Leoni between 1686 and 1746.

An Elizabethan house is incorporated in this mansion. In the early 1800s, Lewis Wyatt (1777-1853) changed many of the interiors for Thomas Legh, creating interconnected state rooms and a new dining room and an orangery.

On the north side of the Hall, a forecourt with turning circle was one element of Wyatt’s early 19th Century plan. The gate piers are from the mid-17th century, and the gates and railings were built by Wyatt (all grade II listed).

A 19th Century formal garden was once located (where the car park is today which was also by Wyatt. A Grade II listed meat safe from the 19th Century can be found close by.