Lyveden New Bield
Lyveden New Bield is an unfinished Elizabethan garden lodge in the Northamptonshire countryside, begun around 1604 for the devout Catholic Sir Thomas Tresham. Work stopped on his death, and the building has stood as a roofless cross-shaped shell ever since, its walls carved with religious symbolism. Around it lie the remains of an elaborate Elizabethan garden, with moats, mounds and a reconstructed orchard set in remote, atmospheric fields.
- Unfinished cross-shaped lodge
- Carved Catholic symbolism
- Elizabethan garden earthworks
Best for visitors intrigued by Tudor secrets and an extraordinary unfinished building.
Things to see at Lyveden New Bield
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- Unfinished Cross-Shaped Lodge Shell
- Catholic Symbols on Exterior Frieze
- Restored Elizabethan Moat
- Reconstructed Orchard
- Archaeological Garden Labyrinth