Stourhead House And Gardens, Wiltshire.
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- Stourhead is a 1,072-hectare (2,650-acre) estate at the source of the River Stour near Mere, Wiltshire, England. The estate includes a Palladian mansion, the village of Stourton, gardens, farmland, and woodland. Stourhead has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1946.
The Stourton family, the Barons of Stourton, had lived in the Stourhead estate for 500 years until they sold it to Sir Thomas Meres in 1714. His son, John Meres, sold it to Henry Hoare I, son of wealthy banker Sir Richard Hoare in 1717. The original manor house was demolished and a new house, one of the first of its kind, was designed by Colen Campbell and built by Nathaniel Ireson between 1721 and 1725. Over the next 200 years the Hoare family collected many heirlooms, including a large library and art collection. In 1902, the house was gutted by fire. However, many of the heirlooms were saved, and the house rebuilt in a near identical style. The last Hoare family member to own the property, Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, gave the Stourhead house and gardens to the National Trust in 1946, one year before his death. His sole heir and son, Captain "Harry" Henry Colt Arthur Hoare, of the Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry, had died of wounds received at the Battle of Mughar Ridge on 13 November 1917 in World War I. Captain "Harry" Hoare is commemorated by a plaque on the Memorial Hall at Stourhead. The last Hoare family member to be born inside the house is Edward Hoare on 11 October 1949.
I learned of Stourhead after watching 2005 Pride and Prejudice. First visited Stourhead in 2013 on my first trip to the UK from America. Have been back twice. The most beautiful landscape garden in all of Europe in my humble opinion
I agree, the gardens at Stourhead are incredible - loved them in Pride and Prejudice! There are definitely many finer examples of an English country house throughout the rest of the country, yet the landscape gardens would be hard to beat. If you ever decide to come back again here are some interesting “historical” places to see (although I’m sure you’ve probably visited many already):
- *West England:*
*Pretty Villages and Towns/ Cities:*
Castle Combe, Wiltshire,
Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire,
Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire,
Burford, Oxfordshire,
Lacock, Wiltshire,
Dunster, Somerset,
Bibury, Gloucestershire,
Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire,
Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire,
Corsham, Wiltshire,
Broadway Village, Worcestershire,
Axbridge, Somerset,
Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire,
Woodstock, Oxfordshire,
Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
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Bath, Somerset,
Oxford, Oxfordshire,
Wells, Somerset,
Bristol (its own county) *well preserved 18th century section, as well as modern, vibrant areas,
Salisbury, Wiltshire.
*Medieval Cathedrals/ Abbeys:*
Salisbury Cathedral,
Wells Cathedral,
Gloucester Cathedral,
Bath Abbey,
Tewkesbury Abbey.
*Medieval Castles/ Stately homes and Manor Houses:*
Blenheim Palace,
Wilton House,
Sudeley Castle,
Dyrham Park,
Berkeley Castle,
Longleat House,
Stourhead.
- *South England:*
*Pretty Villages and Towns/ Cities:*
St. Ives, Cornwall,
Rye, East Sussex,
Corfe Castle Village, Dorset,
Mousehole, Cornwall,
Clovelly Village, Devon,
Alfriston Village, East Sussex,
Totnes, Devon,
Polporro, Cornwall,
Dartmouth, Devon,
Sandwich Town, Kent,
Cockington Village, Devon,
Chilham Village, Kent,
Wherwell, Hampshire,
Arundel Town, West Sussex,
Sherborne, Dorset.
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Canterbury, Kent,
Brighton, East Sussex *a mix of charming/historic with new/vibrant,
Rochester, Kent,
Winchester, Hampshire,
Exeter, Devon *heavily bombed in WW2 - yet retains charm in places.
*Medieval Cathedrals/ Abbeys:*
Canterbury Cathedral,
Winchester Cathedral,
Exeter Cathedral,
Sherborne Abbey.
*Medieval Castles/ Stately homes and Manor Houses:*
Bodiam Castle,
Arundel Castle,
Leeds Castle *not actually in Leeds,
Knole House,
Dover Castle,
Ightham Mote,
Herstmonceux Castle,
Highclere Castle,
Hever Castle,
Rochester Castle,
Penshurst Place.
- *North England:*
*Pretty Villages and Towns/ Cities:*
Robin Hood’s Bay, North Yorkshire,
Ludlow, Shropshire,
Bakewell, Derbyshire,
Staithes, North Yorkshire,
Hawkeshead Village, Cumbria,
Haworth, West Yorkshire,
Richmond, North Yorkshire,
Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria,
Grassington, North Yorkshire,
Longnor Village, Staffordshire,
Thornton-le-Dale, North Yorkshire,
Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire,
Whitby, North Yorkshire,
Alnwick Town, Northumberland,
Castleton, Derbyshire.
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York, North Yorkshire,
Durham, County Durham,
Chester, Cheshire,
Southwell, Nottinghamshire.
*Medieval Cathedrals/ Abbeys:*
Durham Cathedral,
York Minster,
Fountains Abbey *ruins,
Beverley Minster,
Southwell Minster,
Rievaulx Abbey *ruins,
Chester Cathedral,
Whitby Abbey *ruins.
*Medieval Castles/ Stately homes and Manor Houses:*
Chatsworth House,
Alnwick Castle,
Castle Howard,
Stokesay Castle,
Haddon Hall,
Bamburgh Castle,
Kedleston Hall,
Hardwick Hall,
Bolton Castle,
Little Moreton Hall.
- *East England:*
*Pretty Villages and Towns/ Cities:*
Lavenham, Suffolk,
Stamford, Lincolnshire,
Wendens Ambo Village, Essex,
Kersey Village, Suffolk,
Uppingham, Rutland,
Saffron Walden, Essex,
Little Walsingham, Norfolk,
Houghton Village, Cambridgeshire,
Clare Village, Suffolk,
Chelsworth, Suffolk,
Dedham Village, Essex,
Castle Rising Village, Norfolk,
Flatford, Suffolk.
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire,
Lincoln, Lincolnshire,
Norwich, Norfolk,
Ely, Cambridgeshire.
*Medieval Cathedrals/ Abbeys:*
Lincoln Cathedral,
Ely Cathedral,
King’s College Chapel, Cambridge,
Peterborough Cathedral,
Norwich Cathedral.
*Medieval Castles/ Stately homes and Manor Houses:*
Holkham Hall,
Burghley House,
Houghton Hall,
Castle Rising,
Belton House,
Oxburgh Hall,
Blickling Hall,
Tattershall Castle.
- *Central England:*
*Pretty Villages and Towns/ Cities:*
Turville, Buckinghamshire,
Shere, Surrey,
Denham Village, Buckinghamshire,
Oundle, Northamptonshire,
Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire,
Amersham, Buckinghamshire,
Weobley, Herefordshire,
Woburn Village, Bedfordshire,
Welford-on-Avon, Warwickshire,
West Wycombe Village, Buckinghamshire,
Ledbury, Herefordshire,
Collyweston, Northamptonshire,
Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire,
Ilmington, Warwickshire,
Pembridge Village, Herefordshire.
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Worcester, Worcestershire,
Windsor Town, Berkshire,
St Albans, Hertfordshire,
Lichfield, Staffordshire.
*Medieval Cathedrals/ Abbeys:*
Worcester Cathedral,
St. Albans Cathedral,
Lichfield Cathedral,
St. George’s Chapel, Windsor.
*Medieval Castles/ Stately homes and Manor Houses:*
Warwick Castle,
Windsor Castle,
Hatfield House,
Baddesley Clinton Manor.
- *London:*
St. Paul’s Cathedral,
Hampton Court Palace,
Westminster Abbey,
Tower of London,
Baroque Maritime buildings in Greenwich.
Such beauty at every turn. It must have been a constant delight to live there. Another great video, CV. Thanks for the tour.
England has the most beautiful taste their is pure perfection !
Maravilloso gracias
🇬🇧👱♀️00:39 Lady Penelope Craighton-Ward mansion🌹.
My bankers are Hoares. These Hoares have good taste in architecture .
Hands down
This house was the used as the model house belonging to Lady Penelope in 60s TV series Thunderbirds. In fact there is a plaque there commemorating this fact.
🇬🇧01:40 👴🏻You rang M'LADY? 👱🏻♀️ Yes, PARKER get out the Rolls ROYCE.
Very british 🇬🇧👍