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Lyme Park is an 2007 Lyme was granted to the first Piers Legh and his wife Margaret by , the 3rd Lord Newton gave Lyme and the surrounding 1400 acres of land to the National Trust in order to secure its future. HISTORY After Lyme had been given to the Leghs in 1398, a house was built in about 1400, but it was little more than a hunting lodge. It was in the 16th century when Sir Piers VII made Lyme the family's main home, and it was then the current hall was built. THE HOUSE From what is now the car park, Lyme is reached by climbing a steep hill. The gate and railings replaced an earlier walled enclosure, of which the gates are now at the park entrance. The courtyard The courtyard was designed by Giacomo Leoni in about 1726 , and the work was completed by 1734 . It was designed to resemble a north Italian Palazzo ; the Piano Nobile is held up by Doric Pilasters , a set of steps leading to the entrance are to the east, and on the near north side, the partly blocked up doors and windows of the Elizabethan mansion which was being disguised can be seen. Since Leoni, it has changed little, with the exception of Lewis Wyatt 's tower on the south side, and the pink and white paving introduced in Edwardian times. The entrance hall This room was the creation of Leoni, who built it within the confines of the Elizabethan Great Hall. The fireplace and entrance are intentionally off-centre to disguise the assymmetry of the room. Full length portraits of Edward III and The Black Prince were hung at opposite ends of the room, two individuals to whom the Leghs ultimately owed Lyme. The portrait of the Black Prince survives today, and swings out from the wall to reveal a squint from the drawing room. THE GROUNDS hunting lodge, 'The Cage']] Lyme Park has a 6.8- Hectare (17 Acre ) Victorian garden that includes a sunken Parterre , an Edwardian rose garden, lake and ravine garden. This garden is enclosed by a Medieval deer park with herds of red and fallow deer that cover nearly 566 hectares (1400 acres) of parkland, moorland and woodland. It also contains an 18th Century hunting tower called 'The Cage' which is open to the public on select dates. TRIVIA Lyme Hall was used as the location for " Pemberley ", the home of Mr. Darcy , in the 1995 BBC adaptation of Jane Austen 's novel '' Pride And Prejudice '' REFERENCES BIBLIOGRAPHY
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