House opening 2019
The house is now open by timed tour. Please book your timed tour ticket online, in advance via our what's on page, and bring a printed or mobile version with you. Alternatvely please phone 0344 249 1895. There may be limited availability on the day, issued on a first come first served basis.
We've pulled together some of the most frequently asked questions about timed tickets and how they work. Click here to find out more.
There is a storage facility for bags and pushchairs before you enter the house. This is located near the shop and detailed on your welcome map from Visitor Reception. Please leave your bags, loose items in the lockers and pushchairs in the spaces provided.
On rare occasions it may be necessary to close rooms within the house for conservation purposes. If there is something in particular you wish to see during your visit we advise you to phone ahead to ensure that it will be available at the time of your trip.
From now until the beginning of March the 4 rooms on the upper two floors of the house will be closed for conservation purposes.
Outstanding collection of paintings
Kingston Lacy is home to one of the finest private collections of paintings in Britain with works by Rubens Van Dyck, Tintoretto, Titian and Brueghel. See the entrance hall and saloon with fresh eyes as we recreate the rooms as William John Bankes had imagined.