ISBN: 0 300 09659 3
From prehistoric Stonehenge and Avebury to railway age Swindon, the rolling countryside of
Wiltshire encompasses every aspect of English building. Thirteenth century Salisbury cathedral
is set in a spacious close, within a planned medieval town, which boasts Georgian delights such
as Mompesson House. Towns and villages range from Marlborough with its sweeping High
Street to the exceptional Lacock, in the shadow of its abbey's remains, remodelled as an
eighteenth century Gothick fantasy. The great country houses include some of the finest in
England: Palladian Wilton, with which Inigo Jones was involved, Stourhead set in its evocative
classical landscape, the elegant 18th-century Bowood and the mellow Bath stone of Corsham
Court.
