Our Achievements

In the House

• Completion of a 50,000 piece Lego model of the House in three historic configurations

• Major donation towards the purchase of a Rysbrack painting

• Contribution to the purchase of chandeliers now hanging in the Saloon

• Audio equipment for lectures

• Purchase of IT equipment for staff to work from home during the recent Covid-19 outbreak

Special Projects/Funding

• Camellia study

• Security patrols prior to restoration

• Cricket pitch survey

• Laptops for Chiswick House and Gardens staff

• Contribution towards educational appointment

• Exhibition in North Lodge during the restoration

• Archiving projects and materials

• Matching Heritage Lottery funding for gardeners.

In the Gardens

• Playground refurbishment

• Restoration of the two large Coade stone vases in the Conservatory

• Contribution towards the complete overhaul and restoration of the Cascade

• Acquisition of a swan

• Contribution towards restoration of the lions on the Staveley Road gates

• Design and acquisition of two benches on the west face of the House

• Design and acquisition of a memorial bench to Ted Fawcett at the Patte d’oie

• Contribution to a chipper/shredder

• Refurbishment of the Melon House

• Restoration of the Rosary

• Commissioning of a new statue of the Medici Venus on the Doric Column

• Dog bins, dispensers and poop scoop bags

• Bicycle for the Head Gardener

• Electric buggy and its continued maintenance

• Gardening tools for the Goosefoot volunteers

• Restoration of the Ishmael statue in the Camellia House

• Refurbishment of the Park Road gates

• Playground equipment

• Railings for the picnic area

• Portable white screens for the cricket field

• New pump for the cascade

• Part funding for repairs to the Conservatory.