Stourhead, Stourton, Wilthshire - Church & Bristol Cross - RP postcard c.1960s

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• Picture / Image:  Stourhead Pleasure Grounds - The Bristol Cross (Stourton Church in the background)
• Publisher: Photo Precision Ltd.
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Stourhead (/ˈstɑːˌhɛd/^[1]) is a 1,072-hectare (2,650-acre) estate^[2] at the source of the River Stour near Mere, Wiltshire, England. The estate includes a Palladian mansion, the village of Stourton, gardens, farmland, and woodland. Stourhead is part owned by the National Trust since 1946.

The Stourton family had lived at the Stourhead estate for 500 years^[3] until they sold it to Sir Thomas Meres in 1714.^[4] His son, John Meres, sold it in 1717 to Henry Hoare, son of wealthy banker Sir Richard Hoare.^[5] The original manor house was demolished and a new house, one of the first of its kind, was designed by Colen Campbell and built by Nathaniel Ireson between 1721 and 1725.^[6]

Over the next 200 years, the Hoare family collected many heirlooms, including a large library and art collection. In 1902, the house was gutted by fire but many of the heirlooms were saved, and the house was rebuilt in a nearly identical style.^[7]

The last Hoare family member to own the property, Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, gave the house and gardens to the National Trust in 1946, one year before his death. His son and sole heir, Captain Henry Colt Arthur "Harry" Hoare, of the Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry, had died of wounds received at the Battle of Mughar Ridge on 13 November 1917 during World War I.^[7] The last Hoare family member to be born at the house was Edward Hoare on 11 

he Church of England parish church of St Peter at Stourton has 14th-century origins but has been much restored and altered; it is Grade I listed.^[3][4] It contains monuments of the Hoare family, owners of the estate. The architect and mason Nathaniel Ireson was churchwarden in the 1720s and may have done work on the church himself. The antiquarian William Coxe was rector from 1801 to 1811.

Bonham House and cottage are also from the 14th century and are Grade II* listed.^[5] A Roman Catholic chapel was here from 1559 until 1950.^[6]

About 1 ¹⁄₂ miles (2.4 km) southwest of Stourton village, and within the civil parish, are the earthwork remains of Castle Orchard, a motte-and-bailey castle that is scheduled as an ancient monument.^[7]