National Trust site Dyrham House is closed until early April as redecoration work gets underway.
Dyrham House is a 17th century mansion situated in the grounds of Dyrham Park, a National Trust site in South Gloucestershire. The grounds of the park are still open, as is a new exhibition, while the main house is shut to visitors.
Its rooms are being redecorated and structural repairs carried out to the floors and ceilings. The site says the works will create a “more authentic and meaningful experience for visitors.”
Its website reads: “Following massive re-roofing work, we're now carrying out vital conservation as part of a big project to re-present the house to create a more authentic, meaningful experience for visitors. Work has finished on the two staircases and the basement and is now underway in the main house.”
The National Trust site, which featured in the BBC miniseries The Pursuit of Love, has this week submitted an application to South Gloucestershire Council to approve conditions in relation to the works. They include: “Internal redecoration of rooms at ground floor and first floor level,” as well as “structural repairs to floors and ceilings and internal works to upgrade electrical and heating services.”
Visitors are still able to visit the ‘basement,’ which includes a second-hand bookshop, kitchen and dairy. A new exhibition, called ‘The World of William Blathwayt and the Birth of Modern Britain,' also remains open.
Dyrham House was one of a number of National Trust attractions which closed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The House says: “Wearing a face covering is a personal choice, although they are recommended in crowded and enclosed spaces.” It continues: "We will continue to provide hand sanitiser and stick to our high levels of cleanliness.”
It comes as all legal Covid restrictions in England have come to an end.
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