Historic houses · South East England
Wilbury House
Wilbury House — Grade I listed house in Newton Tony, Wiltshire, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Grateley · 4.4 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Wilbury House is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. It covers approximately 140 km². Heritage designation: Grade I listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "Grade I listed house in Newton Tony, Wiltshire, England, UK". Coordinates: 51.1714°, -1.6842°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Avon System SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Wilbury House or Wilbury Park is an 18th-century Neo-Palladian country house in the parish of Newton Tony, Wiltshire in South West England, about 8.7 miles (14 km) northeast of Salisbury. It is a Grade I listed building, and the surrounding park and garden are Grade II listed. The park is immediately north of Newton Toney village, on both banks of the River Bourne, and extends north beyond the house into Cholderton parish.
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Background
Architecture
's Vitruvius Britannicus (1715)]] 's Vitruvius Britannicus (1715)]] The house was built around 1710 by and for William Benson, a country esquire and amateur architect, in the style of Inigo Jones. It was a modest country villa, single-storey with basements and attics. The south front was based on John Webb's 1661 Amesbury Abbey, The original design for the house was featured in Vitruvius Britannicus in 1715. Pevsner describes Benson's design as "the first, not Neo-Palladian, but Neo-Inigo-Jones house in England". Fulke Greville seems to have largely rebuilt the house in 1781. The present two-storey house has its entrance on the north side, where a three-bay porch on Ionic columns was…
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- Coordinates
- 51.1714, -1.6842
- District
- Wiltshire
- Parish
- Newton Tony
- Postcode
- SP4 0HS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Salisbury
- Nearest railway station
- Grateley — 4.4 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q17529942 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Wilbury House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Wilberry House Vit Brit edited.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Wilbury House?
- Wilbury House is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode SP4 0HS), in the parish of Newton Tony.
- Is Wilbury House a listed building?
- Wilbury House is officially recognised as Grade I listed building listed.
- Is Wilbury House a protected site?
- Yes — Wilbury House is part of the River Avon System SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Wilbury House?
- The nearest railway station is Grateley, about 4.4 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SP4 0HS.