St Giles House
St Giles House is located at Wimborne St Giles in Dorset in England, just south of Cranborne Chase. It is the ancestral seat of the Ashley-Cooper family, which is headed by the Earl of Shaftesbury.- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Manor estate
- Description: residence in Wimborne St Giles, England
- Also known as: “St Giles House, Wimborne St Giles”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Giles, Wimborne St Giles and Knowlton Circles.
Church of St Giles, Wimborne St Giles
Church
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Giles is the Church of England parish church for the village of Wimborne St Giles, Dorset. Originally founded in the 13th century and rebuilt several times over the ensuing centuries, the present church is a mixture of Georgian and Gothic Revival architecture. Church of St Giles, Wimborne St Giles is situated 1,200 feet north of St Giles House.
Knowlton Circles
Archaeological site
Photo: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knowlton Circles are a complex of henges and earthworks in Knowlton, Dorset, England. The henge enclosing Knowlton Church is the best known and best preserved, but there are at least two other henges in the vicinity as well as numerous round barrows. Knowlton Circles is situated 1 mile southwest of St Giles House.
Ruins of Knowlton Church
Ruins
Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ruins of Knowlton Church is situated 1 mile southwest of St Giles House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Knowlton and Boveridge.
Knowlton
Hamlet
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Knowlton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Woodlands, Dorset, England. It is about 6 miles north of town Wimborne Minster, and about 1 mile south of the village of Wimborne St Giles.
Boveridge
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boveridge is a hamlet in Dorset, England about 1 mile north of Cranborne, 12 miles south-west of Salisbury, Wiltshire, and 10 miles north-east of Wimborne Minster, Dorset. Boveridge is situated 2½ miles northeast of St Giles House.
Gussage St Michael
Village
Photo: Toby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gussage Saint Michael is a small village in Dorset, in the south of England. At the 2001 census, the village had a population of 219. Gussage St Michael is tucked off the main A354 as it runs through the Cranborne Chase, ten miles from Blandford Forum and fourteen miles from Salisbury. Gussage St Michael is situated 3 miles west of St Giles House.
St Giles House
- Categories: English country house, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Wimborne St. Giles, East Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.90384° or 50° 54′ 14″ northLongitude
-1.95557° or 1° 57′ 20″ westOpen location code
9C2WW23V+GQOpenStreetMap ID
way 232269176OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=manorWikidata ID
Q7593276
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