Burghley

Visiting Burghley - The State Rooms

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Visiting Burghley

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The Brown Drawing Room
The Brown Drawing Room

The 18 spectacular State Rooms open to visitors are mainly decorated in 17th century style. Burghley houses many great works of art, including one of the most important private collections of 17th century Italian paintings; the earliest inventoried collection of Japanese ceramics in the West; rare examples of European porcelain and wood carvings by Grinling Gibbons and his followers. Highlights of a guided tour of Burghley include: