Longleat
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Longleat is a stately home about west of Warminster in Wiltshire, England. A leading and early example of the Elizabethan prodigy house, it is a Grade I listed building and the seat of the Marquesses of Bath.
Key facts
- Historic site.name
- Longleat House
- Historic site.image
- Longleat House 2012.jpg
- Historic site.caption
- The façade of Longleat House
- Historic site.type
- Prodigy house
- Historic site.locmapin
- Wiltshire
- Historic site.location
- Wiltshire, England
- Historic site.built
- 1568–1580
- Historic site.architect
- Robert Smythson
- Historic site.architecture
- Elizabethan
- Historic site.owner
- Marquess of Bath
- Historic site.designation1
- Grade I
- Historic site.designation1_offname
- Longleat House
- Historic site.designation1_date
- 11 September 1968
- Historic site.designation2
- Grade I
- Historic site.designation2_offname
- Stables at Longleat House
- Historic site.designation2_date
- 11 September 1968
- Historic site.designation3
- Grade I
- Historic site.designation3_offname
- Orangery With Walled Garden to Rear at Longleat House
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- English country house
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Horningsham
- Owned by
- Marquess of Bath
- Official website
- www.longleat.co.uk
- Image
- Longleat House from the south east - geograph.org.uk - 838836.jpg
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- Commons category
- Longleat
- P12749
- Heinz Heimsoeth
- architectural style
- Elizabethan architecture
- architect
- Robert Smythson
- commissioned by
- John Thynne
- OS grid reference
- ST8092242975
- postal code
- BA12 7NW
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Media appearances
- Architecture
- Historic listing designations
- Gallery
- Visitor attractions
- Longleat Woods
- Footnotes
- References
- Sources
- External links
Longleat is a stately home about west of Warminster in Wiltshire, England. A leading and early example of the Elizabethan prodigy house, it is a Grade I listed building and the seat of the Marquesses of Bath.
Longleat is set in of parkland landscaped by Capability Brown, along with of let farmland and of woodland, which includes a Center Parcs holiday village. It was the first stately home to open to the public, and the Longleat estate has the first safari park outside Africa and other attractions including a hedge maze.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Longleat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (2)
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