Wilton House
On the N bank of
the River Nadder,
at the village of Wilton,
just W of Salisbury, Wiltshire
(see map
and satellite image).
- References:
- Sources yet to be consulted:
- Statues at Wilton [perhaps 18th cent., seen in Wilton House library]
- Wilton in Fifteen Famous English Homes,
Randolph Spencer Churchill, 1954,
[EUL] 7288(42) Chu.
- Wilton in The Renaissance Garden in England, Roy Strong, 1979.
Wilton House. E facade.
Photo 2003.
See full size.
Wilton Abbey,
9th cent. nunnery,
replaced by 12th cent. Abbey,
Benedictine nuns,
dissolved 1536,
granted to 1st Earl of Pembroke
by 1544,
he built the first Wilton House 1540s,
rebuilt by 4th Earl of Pembroke
from 1635,
he set up formal gardens,
and
planted the Cedars of Lebanon,
formal gardens removed and
grounds landscaped by
9th Earl
in mid-1700s,
he built the Palladian Bridge
1737,
the Riding School
built by
10th Earl 1755,
Wilton altered by
11th Earl
1801-16,
gardens and fountains added by
17th Earl,
still seat of Earl of Pembroke.
Wilton House.
Entrance to N.
Palladian Bridge to S.
Click to toggle map/satellite view.
Click to zoom in/out.
Drag to move.
From Google Maps.

Wilton House from the air. From the W.
Photo 2006.
See full size.
From Neil Gotadoro.
Used with permission.

Wilton House, 1870.
See full size.
From Liam Quin's
"Pictures From Old Books" site.
Wilton House. S facade on left, E facade on right.
Photo 2003.
See full size.
Arranged by the film director,
the 17th Earl:
- Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)
- John Cleese's
Romance with a Double Bass (1974)
- Kubrick's Barry Lyndon (1975)
- Richard Harris'
The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976)
- Includes outdoor scene of S front
from river with Palladian Bridge,
also Double Cube Room with group portrait,
all before opening credits.
- John Mortimer's
A Voyage Round my Father (1982)
- Mel Gibson's The Bounty (1984)
- The Madness of King George (1994)
- See 10th Earl.
- Emma Thompson's
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
- Includes ball scene in Double Cube Room with group portrait.
- Mrs. Brown (1997)
- Has Queen Victoria at her desk,
in Double Cube Room with group portrait.
Arranged under
the 18th Earl:
- Pride & Prejudice (2005)
with Keira Knightley.
The
Double Cube Room with group portrait
stands in for the interior of
Mr. Darcy's house
Pemberley.
Links
Send me additions and corrections to this site
|