Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Stourhead House

Stourhead House, seat, on SW. border of Wilts, 2 miles NW. of Mere; occupies the site of a Saxon castle, and belonged to the Stourtons from time of Richard II. to time of Anne.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Wiltshire AncC
Place: Stourhead

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