The Old Rectory
The Old Rectory is a manor estate in Fonthill Gifford, Wiltshire, England. Access is restricted and requires permission. The Old Rectory is situated nearby to Church of Holy Trinity, as well as near the pub Beckford Arms.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of Holy Trinity and Beckford Arms.
Church of Holy Trinity
Church
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Church of Holy Trinity is situated 870 feet east of The Old Rectory.
Beckford Arms
Pub
Photo: Maigheach-gheal, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Beckford Arms is a pub, which is situated 1,300 feet east of The Old Rectory.
Fonthill Abbey
Building
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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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wardour and Lower Chicksgrove.
Wardour
Hamlet
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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 The Old Rectory.
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 3 miles east of The Old Rectory.
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 3½ miles southwest of The Old Rectory.
The Old Rectory
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Manor estate
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Fonthill Gifford, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.08124° or 51° 4′ 53″ northLongitude
-2.10533° or 2° 6′ 19″ westOpen location code
9C3V3VJV+FVOpenStreetMap ID
way 1020034676OpenStreetMap feature
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historic=manor
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