In a huge fire ripped through the Palladian mansion, destroying the upper floors and roof, and gutting the house. But the strong brick walls survived, and today Clandon Park is cloaked in scaffolding, sheltered from the wind and rain.
It's been six years since a powerful fire took hold of Clandon Park, Surrey. In this blog, Project Director, Dr Kent Rawlinson, reflects on the fascinating challenges and discoveries we've uncovered so far as we care for this extraordinary house. Our project has drawn from the wealth of expertise and specialisms available within the National Trust.
From Curators and Conservators to Building Surveyors and Project Managers, meet some of the dedicated team working to achieve our goals. Follow our progress on the Clandon Park project. At the end of July , following a year of work, we completed the initial phase of our project.
Archaeological salvage has produced remarkable finds including objects that survived the fire miraculously preserved. Learn more about the building, the objects and the unique challenges they posed. We searched for a world-class multidisciplinary design team to restore and reimagine Clandon Park, following the major fire. The competition launched in March ; a shortlist announcement, and subsequently the winning team, were revealed that autumn. A team of researchers, including colleagues from the Clandon Park project, have been awarded grant funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council AHRC to explore how cutting-edge digital technology can be used to provide visitors with a deeper insight into our historic buildings.
Conservators have now carefully removed it for cleaning, and closer inspection by Project Curator Sophie Chessum has resulted in some interesting discoveries. Clandon Park was a family home for centuries. The Onslows arrived in and replaced the original house in the early s with this stunning example of fashionable Palladianism. The house we see today at Clandon Park was built in the early s to impress and entertain. Thomas Onslow and his wife Elizabeth Knight demolished an earlier Jacobean house to make way for their cutting-edge Palladian mansion and employed people and materials from across the globe to create and furnish the house.
These included Italian architect, Giacomo Leoni, and leading European sculptors. The house was built using money in part generated from the transatlantic slave trade.
In , Elizabeth inherited a huge fortune from her uncle, Charles Knight, a plantation owner and enslaver. This fortune passed to Thomas Onslow in when they married, and a Jamaican plantation continued to provide the family with an income until it was sold by the third Earl around Thomas Onslow was also a founding member of a marine insurance firm, which insured ships transporting enslaved people from Africa to the West Indies.
The Onslows were an ambitious family in law, trade and politics and their new house helped to cement their social and political influence around Guildford and Surrey.
Its most famous room was the Marble Hall, an elegant and imposing white cube imitating marble, with an elaborate stucco ceiling and richly carved marble fireplaces by leading sculptors of the day. The house you can explore today has been transformed by fire as well as fashion. Since the fire in , the National Trust has opened more of the house each year to share as much of the building as possible with its visitors. This year, two purpose-built walkways take visitors into some of the most significant rooms on the ground floor, and into the basement, in to the deepest and most fire-damaged spaces of Clandon Park.
On the ground floor, the walkway allows visitors to see both the extraordinary survival of significant architectural features, as well as the extent of the fire damage in the Saloon, State Bedroom and Marble Hall. In the basement, visitors are led to the impressive and beautiful undercroft - a vaulted room under the Marble Hall - which pre-fire visitors will remember as the restaurant.
This includes an exhibition charting the design challenges and key questions that the National Trust is considering during the hugely complex project, as well as a display of some of the salvaged collection items which were rescued from the house. From the undercroft visitors can pass into a protected viewing area which gives sight of the full extent of the fire damage, with dramatic, vertical views from basement floor to scaffolding roof.
Visitors can also relax in the tranquil 4 acre garden. A pictorial trail guides you through the garden, using historic images of the house and garden to whisk you back in time. Please note: hard hats and high-vis jackets will be provided and must be worn at all times whilst in the house and basement.
This experience is not suitable for children under two years of age. View Map. By rail:. It is situated on the London Waterloo to Guildford mainline.
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