Lyme Hall
Lyme Hall
Lyme Hall is in The Peak District National Park in England.
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.
Created: 11 May 2022 Edited: 29 November 2023
Lyme Park Information
Lyme Park Address
Disley, Stockport SK12 2NR, UK
SK12 2NR
Website: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lyme
Get directionsLocal History around Lyme Hall
There are some historic monuments around including:
Cross base in the churchyard of St Mary's ChurchThe Murder Stone: a standing stone 150m north west of Cornfield FarmOldknow's limekilns, Strines RoadStanding cross in St Christopher's churchyardEastern bowl barrow at Knights LowBowl barrow on summit of Sponds HillThe Bow Stones Anglian cross shaftsWestern bowl barrow at Knights LowBowl barrow 100m west of Black Rock FarmBowl barrow at Charles HeadWayside and boundary cross known as The Dipping StoneMoated site north-west of Broadoak FarmIcehouse at the site of Poynton Hall, 170m north of Towers Yard FarmBowl barrow east of path in Knightslow WoodBowl barrow at Ox CloseBowl barrow 50m south of summit of Sponds HillYearn's Low bowl barrowBowl barrow 160m south of Blue Boar FarmRound cairn on Reed HillNab Head bowl barrowMarple aqueductBowl barrow west of path in Knightslow WoodStanding stone at Ginclough 400m WSW of Gin Clough Farm.
