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Longleat is a stately home about 4 miles (7 km) 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.
His greatest prize was the former Carthusian Longleat Priory, together with land in three parishes on the borders of Wiltshire and Somerset, which he bought on his own account in 1540. Other possessions of the former priories of Longleat and Hinton Charterhouse were granted by the Crown to Seymour, who sold them to his steward Thynne on 25 June ...
Alexander George Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath (6 May 1932 – 4 April 2020), styled Viscount Weymouth between 1946 and 1992, was an English peer and landowner, owner of the Longleat estate, who sat in the House of Lords from 1992 until 1999, and an artist and author.
Although Longleat Estate is a national heritage asset and the majority of the house is open to public tours, a range of accommodation on the western elevation is set aside for Lord and Lady Bath ...
Longleat is a historic house in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.. It was built from 1928 to 1932 for Thomas J. Tyne. [ 2 ] It was designed by architect Bryant Fleming . [ 2 ] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since February 16, 1984.
The park is in the grounds of Longleat House, a stately home which is open to the public and is the home of the 8th Marquess of Bath. Longleat Safari Park and the concept of safari parks were the brainchild of Jimmy Chipperfield (1912–1990), former co-director of Chipperfield's Circus.
Plans to build a new home for hippos at Longleat Safari Park have been approved. The Wiltshire attraction was home to female hippos Sonia and Spot for almost 50 years until their deaths in 2023 ...
Others see the original Somerset House in the Strand, London as the first prodigy house, or at least the first English attempt at a thoroughly and consistently classical style. [27] With some other Châteaux of the Loire Valley , the Château de Chambord of François I of France (built 1519–1547) had many features of the English houses, and ...