Wilton House

British  

noun

1. a mansion in Wilton in Wiltshire: built for the 1st Earl of Pembroke in the 16th century; rebuilt after a fire in 1647 by Inigo Jones and John Webb; altered in the 19th century by James Wyatt; landscaped grounds include a famous Palladian bridge

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Example Sentences

It was a chilly November day last year, and the new cast of the Netflix series “The Crown” were arrayed across the gilded couches and crimson velvet chairs of a sumptuous state room at Wilton House, a 16th-century stately home standing in for Buckingham Palace.

From New York Times

The letter detailed the then Lady Pembroke telling her son to bring the king to Wilton House to see "As You Like it", with the additional lure of "we have the man Shakespeare with us".

From BBC

A letter, mentioned by a Victorian antiquarian, was apparently held at Wilton House, seat of the Earls of Pembroke.

From BBC

The Tomasso Brothers of London have reunited 17th-century Roman polychrome marble busts of Horace and Cicero that in the early 18th century were part of the Eighth Earl of Pembroke’s famed art collection in the “Double Cube” room at Wilton House in Wiltshire.

From New York Times

After a hearty proper English breakfast, we headed for Wiltshire to see Wilton House, the imposing seat of the earls of Pembroke for more than four centuries.

From Architectural Digest