National Trust Dyrham Park’s conservation project presented once in a lifetime opportunities for visitors to experience new layers of the property.

This experience was not an apologetic ‘work in progress’ but a great opportunity for those familiar with Dyrham to experience a host of new experiences and for first-time visitors to experience a country house and estate in a completely new way.

Visitors were granted views of the landscape and mansion through a rooftop experience and connected with William Blathwayt’s world, using all their senses. The exhibitions interpreted a timeline of the building and architecture, from the gathering of materials, and the creation of a new building around an older great hall, to modern conservation and building processes, working together with traditional skills and crafts.