This entrance, flanked by Pile Oak Lodge (C19), gives access to a track that leads south-eastwards through Nower's Copse. This drive, called The Terrace, was created in the early C19 and formerly offered extensive views not only of Old Wardour Castle situated below it, but also of the park, the lakes, Wardour Castle, and in the far distance Fonthill (qv) and the tower at Stourhead (qv), as described by John Claudius Loudon in 1833 these views are now overgrown.Ī fourth entrance is situated to the west, in the village of Donhead St Andrew. Beyond the arch the track curves sharply eastwards, following the edge of a densely planted woodland called The Hanging, and then leads to the car park north of Old Wardour Castle. The stone arch is adorned with the coat of arms of the Arundell family. From here a track runs north-west and north through Horwood Bottom and South Hill Copse, where it leads under an early C19 ornamental arch (listed grade II) situated c 900m south-east of Wardour Castle. From here a drive curves gently through woodland for c 700m in a south-westerly direction towards a car park (introduced in the late C20) immediately north of Old Wardour Castle.Ī third entrance (now, 2004, no longer used) is situated on the A30 road at the far south-east end of the site, flanked by Horwood Lodge (C19 with C20 additions). A second entrance, situated c 1.5km further east along Nightingale Lane, is marked by Terrace Lodge (C19). From here a drive runs for c 300m south towards a turning circle below the north front of Wardour Castle. The main entrance, marked by a set of stone gate piers, is situated to the north of the site, on Nightingale Lane.
The land at Wardour Castle is irregularly contoured, but generally slopes down from the east to the west and north-west and is lined with wooded hills to the north and east. The site is mostly surrounded by agricultural land, with Bridzor Farm situated to its north, Park Gate Farm to the west, and Horwood Farm and Dairy to the south-east.
North-west of the site runs the railway between Sherbome and Tisbury (along the River Sem), and to the south-east runs the A30 road.
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To the south and south-east the building follows the edge of a series of plantations. To the north-east, along High Wood, the boundary is formed by the remains of the park pale which enclosed the former deer park. The River Nadder forms the western boundary of the site, while the northern boundary is lined by Nightingale Lane. Wardour Castle, a site of c 342ha, is situated in a rural area c 8km south-west of Tisbury and immediately north-east of the village of Donhead St Andrew. LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING The landscape includes work by Richard Woods dating from the 1760s and early 1770s Lancelot Brown gave advice on two occasions, in the 1750s and 1770s, although his proposals of the 1770s appear not to have been carried out. For the most up-to-date Register entry, please visit the The National Heritage List for England (NHLE):Ī park and pleasure grounds surrounding an C18 country house, including the remains of a late medieval castle surrounded by a formal garden in the C17 and C18 and set within a medieval deer park.
The following is from the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.
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