Boston Manor House |
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Boston Manor House is a fine Jacobean manor house built in 1623 and situated in parkland containing a lake and ancient cedar trees. The house was built for Lady Mary Reade whose second husband was Sir Edward Spencer of Althorp, Northamptonshire, an ancestor of the late Diana, Princess of Wales. It was purchased in 1670 by the Clitherow family and
stayed in the family until it became the property of the local Council in 1924.
Today the magnificent 17th century State Rooms on the first floor, together with the Dining Room and Library on the ground floor, can be visited and enjoyed free of charge. Two of the State Rooms contain magnificent decorated plaster ceilings of 1623. Around the walls
at Boston Manor House hang more than eighty paintings from the London Borough of Hounslow's local collection - mainly historic views of Brentford, Chiswick and Isleworth. The State Bedroom contains portraits of members of the Clitherow family by George Romney and Sir Godfrey Kneller.
General Information:
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Opening Times
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(2006 times)
April to end October, Sat, Sun and Bank Holiday Mondays, 2.30pm - 5.00pm.
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Admission Charges
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(2006 prices)
Free.
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Directions
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Just north of A4 and the elevated section of M4. Half a mile from Boston Manor underground station (Piccadilly Line) and Brentford Station (overground trains to Waterloo/Hounslow). Bus route E8 passes the front of the house. |
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Nearby Attractions
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Musical Museum
(1 Mile)*
During your visit to the Musical museum you will experience the fascinating world of automatic musical instruments through a continuous demonstration in which the instruments are explained and played. |
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Kew Bridge Steam Museum
(1 Mile)*
Come to Kew Bridge Steam Museum and see our wonderful collection of water pumping machinery. Many of our engines are in steam every weekend. |
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The world famous Kew Gardens offers visitors something of interest in all seasons: Displays of welcome spring flowers, colourful summer borders and the tints of autumn to be found in the arboretum. |
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