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Wilton House

📍 Wiltshire, England

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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. Shakespeare's theatre company performed there, and there was an important literary salon culture under its occupation by Mary Sidney, wife of the second Earl.

Built on the site of medieval Wilton Abbey, granted to the 1st Earl of Pembroke by Henry VIII. Rebuilt in Palladian style in 1647 by Inigo Jones and John Webb after a fire, with further alterations by James Wyatt in 1801. The Double Cube Room is one of England's finest interiors. Filming location for Bridgerton, The Crown, and Pride and Prejudice.