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As Europe fell into the shadow of war, Syon Park stood quietly resilient — its grand rooms stripped, treasures hidden, and corridors echoing with the footsteps of soldiers and nurses who once sought shelter here. This House holds stories not found in textbooks, from shattered statues and boarded fireplaces to the eerie silence of bomb-blasted glass. ▪️Over 270 windows were damaged. ▪️65 bombs fell. ▪️And yet — Syon endures. We walk you through how war reshaped life behind these historic walls. T

16K views · 64 reactions | Syon House at War: Behind the Drapes of a Hidden History. Ornate pier glasses and fireplaces were boarded up, and the walls were draped with protective sheeting. Even the scagliola columns were tightly bound – the house had become a fortress of fabric and silence. Thanks again to Linda, Syon House Guide, for sharing the wartime transformation that took place. #syonpark #syonhouse #veday80 | Syon Park - House and Gardens | Facebook

Final episode…and some whisper that the bloodstain still marks the Abbey floor at Syon to this very day. Proof, perhaps, that history leaves its trace… especially when kings explode. Step back into Syon’s darkest Tudor chapter, where myth and memory collide. | Syon Park - House and Gardens

Episode 5: Well, Catholic propaganda certainly made a meal of this… (just like the dogs did of Henry’s body!) After Henry VIII shut down monasteries and abandoned his first queen, Katharine of Aragon, his enemies recalled an ominous prophecy: that, like the wicked King Ahab of the Bible, Henry would be eaten by dogs as punishment. To the monks and nuns expelled from Syon Abbey, this gruesome end was seen as nothing less than divine justice - Henry’s ultimate comeuppance. But this story isn’t fin

Episode 3: When Henry VIII died, he wanted to rest beside Jane Seymour, the only wife to give him a son. His corpse was sealed in half a ton of lead, so heavy it took 18 men to lift. Placed on a vast golden chariot, pulled by eight horses, his coffin travelled with a crimson-velvet effigy crowned and holding the orb and sceptre - ruling, even in death. The funeral procession was like a four-mile river of mourning: thousands of horsemen, courtiers and churchmen winding their way to Windsor. But t