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The castle was held directly by the Norman kings; its castellan was generally also the sheriff of Wiltshire. In 1075, the Council of London established Herman as the first bishop of Salisbury (Seriberiensis episcopus), [20] uniting his former sees of Sherborne and Ramsbury into a single diocese which covered the counties of Dorset, Wiltshire ...
This is a list of Grade I listed buildings in Wiltshire, England, in the United Kingdom. These buildings are protected for their historic significance. There is a parallel system for ancient monuments, known as ' scheduling ', which means that there is not a consistent approach to sites like castles, abbeys and henges, which may be listed ...
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Bowood is a Grade I listed Georgian country house in Wiltshire, England, that has been owned for more than 250 years by the Fitzmaurice family. The house, with interiors by Robert Adam , stands on extensive grounds which include a garden designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown .
Dyrham Park (/ ˈ d ɪ r əm /) is a baroque English country house in an ancient deer park near the village of Dyrham in South Gloucestershire, England.The house, with the attached orangery and stable block, is a Grade I listed building, while the park is Grade II* listed on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
The site was a manor prior to its purchase in 1740, from the estate of Anthony Carew, [3] by the Wiltshire family. The Wiltshires commissioned John Wood, the Elder to design the house and grounds. Thomas Gainsborough was a frequent visitor and painted several canvases in the orangery of the house including that of Edward Orpin, Parish Clerk of ...
Sherrington has the remains of a motte-and-bailey castle, [4] presumed to have been made late in the 11th or early in the 12th century. [3] Now a scheduled ancient monument , the mound rises to a height of 5.5 m and is 48 m across.
Barbury Castle is a scheduled hillfort in Wiltshire, England. [1] It is one of several such forts found along the ancient Ridgeway route. The site, which lies within the Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, has been managed as a country park by Swindon Borough Council since 1971.