Editing Chiswick (section)

=== Chiswick House ===

[[Chiswick House]] was designed by the [[Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington|Third Earl of Burlington]], and built for him, in 1726–29 as an extension to an earlier [[Jacobean architecture|Jacobean]] house (subsequently demolished in 1788); it is considered to be among the finest surviving examples of [[Palladian architecture]] in Britain, with superb collections of paintings and furniture. Its surrounding grounds, laid out by [[William Kent]], are among the most important historical gardens in England and Wales, forming one of the first [[English landscape garden]]s.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.chgt.org.uk/ | title=Chiswick House and Gardens | publisher=Chiswick House & Gardens Trust | access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref> It was used as [[Chiswick Asylum|an asylum]] from 1892 to 1928; up to 40 private patients were housed in wings which were demolished in 1956 when the house was restored.<ref name=Bethlem>{{cite web |title=The History of Chiswick House Asylum |url=http://museumofthemind.org.uk/blog/post/the-history-of-chiswick-house-asylum |website=Bethlem Museum of the Mind |access-date=30 January 2017}}</ref>