Gardens · South East England
Portway House
Portway House — a garden in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
Neil Owen — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Dog-friendly
About
Portway House is a garden of interest in england-south-east, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Portway House is a Grade I listed town house in Warminster, Wiltshire, England.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The house was built in 1722 for wealthy clothier Edward Middlecott, the estate (then called Newport) having been bought by his ancestor Richard Middlecott in stages between 1559 and 1568. It replaced Newport manor house, on land owned by the Mauduit family from the 13th to 15th centuries. Built in Bath stone ashlar, the central seven-bay block has a basement and three storeys, and is flanked on both sides by two-storey wings which were probably added in the late 19th century. Nikolaus Pevsner describes the house as "stately but rather bleak" but praises the ironwork. It served as a dower house for Longleat from 1820 to 1920. The building was sold after the abolition of the council in 1978,
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.2073, -2.1824
- District
- Wiltshire
- Parish
- Warminster
- Postcode
- BA12 8QQ
- Parliamentary constituency
- South West Wiltshire
- Established
- 1722
Sources
- wikidata: Q17530094 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Portway House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Portway House?
- Portway House is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode BA12 8QQ), in the parish of Warminster.
- When was Portway House built?
- Built or established in 1722.
- Who owns Portway House?
- Portway House is owned by | designation1 = Grade I listed building.
- How do I get to Portway House?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BA12 8QQ. It sits within the South West Wiltshire parliamentary constituency.