The State Rooms
Corsham Court features an internationally renowned art collection with over 160 pictures on display to the public. By artists including Van Dyck,Fra Filippo Lippi, Carlo Dolci and Peter Paul Rubens.
Corsham House, as it was then, was bought in 1745 with the intention of enlarging the building to display the collection of Sir Paul Methuen.
In 1760 Lancelot 'Capability' Brown was brought in to create the Picture Gallery and principal State Rooms, designing interior elements himself as well as creating a beautiful parkland.
Subsequent additions to the house were made by John Nash, architect to George IV, and later Thomas Bellamy. The State Rooms have been open to the public since the end of the 18th century.
Though particularly notable for Italian old masters, the earliest work being circa 1463, the State Rooms also include paintings by important 19th century artists like J.M.W Turner and John Linnell. Not to mention, family portraits by Gainsborough, Reynolds and Romney; like that of Lady Boston, nee Methuen, to the left.
The rooms are also still home to their original furniture, like the 1771 Robert Adam console tables and mirrors in the Picture Gallery, specially made for the room.
The rooms are also still home to their original furniture, like the 1771 Robert Adam console tables and mirrors in the Picture Gallery, specially made for the room.