Fonthill Abbey
Fonthill Abbey—also known as Beckford's Folly—was a large Gothic Revival country house built between 1796 and 1813 at Fonthill Gifford in Wiltshire, England, at the direction of William Thomas Beckford and architect James Wyatt.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: country house in Fonthill Gifford, Wiltshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Beckford’s Folly”, “Fonthill”, and “Old Fonthill Abbey”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of Holy Trinity and Church of St John the Baptist.
St Leonard’s Church, Berwick St Leonard
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Leonard's Church in Berwick St Leonard, Wiltshire, England, was built in the 12th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wardour and Semley.
Wardour
Hamlet
Photo: Toby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wardour is a settlement in the civil parish of Tisbury, in Wiltshire, England, about 13 miles west of Salisbury and 4 miles south of Hindon. Wardour is situated 2½ miles south of Fonthill Abbey.
Semley
Village
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Semley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sedgehill and Semley, in Wiltshire, England, about 3 miles north-east of Shaftesbury in neighbouring Dorset. Semley is situated 3 miles southwest of Fonthill Abbey.
Lower Chicksgrove
Hamlet
Lower Chicksgrove is a hamlet on the north bank of the River Nadder in the south of the county of Wiltshire, England, within the Vale of Wardour. It is about 2 miles east of Tisbury and 10 miles west of Salisbury. Lower Chicksgrove is situated 3½ miles east of Fonthill Abbey.
Fonthill Abbey
- Category: English country house
- Location: Fonthill Gifford, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.07836° or 51° 4′ 42″ northLongitude
-2.11789° or 2° 7′ 4″ westElevation
463 feet (141 metres)Open location code
9C3V3VHJ+8ROpenStreetMap ID
way 121515094OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Fonthill Abbey” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Fonthill Abbey”
- Basque: “Fonthill abadia”
- Czech: “Fonthill Abbey”
- Dutch: “Fonthill Abbey”
- Finnish: “Fonthill Abbey”
- French: “abbaye de Fonthill”
- French: “Abbaye de Fonthill”
- German: “Fonthill Abbey”
- Italian: “Fonthill Abbey”
- Portuguese: “Abadia de Fonthill”
- Russian: “Фонтхилл-эбби”
- Russian: “Фонтхилл”
- Russian: “Фонтхиллское аббатство”
- Spanish: “Abadia de fonthill”
- Spanish: “Abadia de Fonthill”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Fonthill”
- Western Frisian: “Fonthill Abbey”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fonthill Gifford and Hindon.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hinkley Hill and Bitham Lake.
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