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Wilton House

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Wilton House is an English country house at Wilton near Salisbury in Wiltshire, and has been the country seat of the Earls of Pembroke for more than four hundred years. It was built on the site of the medieval Wilton Abbey, which Henry VIII granted to William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, after the dissolution of the monasteries. The house has notable literary associations: Shakespeare's theatre company performed there, and it hosted an important literary salon under the occupation of Mary Sidney, wife of the second Earl. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building Type
Country House 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Wilton, United Kingdom 2
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
House 1
Connections

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House, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Palladian Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Wilton House (Wikipedia)

Uses Element

Stone, Architectural Materials
Source Wilton House (Wikipedia)
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1. Wilton House (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilton_House, lead definition
    Wilton House is an English country house at Wilton near Salisbury in Wiltshire, which has been the country seat of the Earls of Pembroke for over 400 years.
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    Wilton House is an English country house at Wilton near Salisbury in Wiltshire, and has been the country seat of the Earls of Pembroke for more than four hundred years. It was built on the site of the medieval Wilton Abbey, which Henry VIII granted to William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, after the dissolution of the monasteries. The house has notable literary associations: Shakespeare's theatre company performed there, and it hosted an important literary salon under the occupation of Mary Sidney, wife of the second Earl.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (country house)
    Wilton House is an English country house at Wilton near Salisbury in Wiltshire, which has been the country seat of the Earls of Pembroke for over 400 years. It was built on the site of the medieval Wilton Abbey. Following the dissolution of the monasteries, Henry VIII presented Wilton Abbey and its attached estates to William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke. The house has literary associations. Shak
  • In Style: Palladian Architecture, Wikipedia categories
    Category:Palladian architecture in England
  • Uses Element: Stone, Wikipedia article
    The architecture of the south front is in severe Palladian style, described at the time as in the "Italian Style;" built of the local stone, softened by climbing shrubs, it is quintessentially English to our eyes today.
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2. Wilton House (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 373508): Wilton, United Kingdom
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 373508): Wilton, United Kingdom
Wikidata item Q1429120, property P131/P17 (location): Wilton, United Kingdom
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Wikidata: Wilton House
Wikidata Q1429120, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)View the Source
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