Lydney Park

Lydney Park is a large country house built in 1877, designed by architect C H Howell. The house is constructed of rock-faced coursed limestone with a tile roof and features multiple chimney stacks, all cut back to their bases. It has a complex layout with the main entrance on the north side, flanked by a projecting wing on the left and a later museum wing on the right. The south front, which faces the River Severn, includes a tower at the right end. The building is generally 2½ storeys tall and has various mullioned windows, along with plate glass sashes that slide behind stone members.

The entrance front features a large external chimney stack on the right, adorned with a moulded panel and the motto 'TIEN TA FOI', which belongs to the Bathurst family for whom the house was built. There is also an octagonal turret in the internal corner and a circular turret with a steep conical roof on the left wing. The south front, visible from the main road, has two principal gables and two smaller gables at the centre, along with a two-storey hexagonal bay and a segmental bay, leading to a five-storey tower on the right.

Inside, the house retains much original high-quality panelling, a grand open well oak staircase, a secondary staircase added in 1910, and various original doors, fireplaces, and ceilings. Lydney Park is prominently situated in parkland at the southern entrance to the parish and replaces an earlier house, which is now represented by the Stables.