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2057 - WILTON HOUSE AND ESTATE ARCHIVES

1 - SURVEYS AND VALUATIONS

2 - ACCOUNTS

3 - RENTALS AND RENT ACCOUNTS

4 - MANORIAL

5 - ENCLOSURE

6 - PLANS AND MAPS

7 - OTHER ESTATE RECORDS

8 - WILTON HOUSE AND PARK

1 - Papers relating to house alterations and restoration

2 - Papers relating to park improvements

3 - Plans and drawings

4 - Engravings and prints, etc.

1 - General view of Wilton House and park, from Colen Campbell’s Vitruvius Britannicus. 4 copies.

2 - Engraving of an aerial view of the formal garden, almost exactly as in the design by Isaac de Caus (see 2057/H3/1) but looking away from the house, as was published in de Caus's Wilton Garden, c1654. See John Bold’s Wilton House and English Palladianism, p.35 (2057/H1/24).

3 - Plan of the ground and first floor of Wilton House, and elevation of the south front, from Colen Cambell’s Vitruvius Britannicus, 3 copies. With a smaller version of the elevation, 4 copies. Also elevation of the garden front.

4 - Interiors of the house, from Colen Cambell’s Vitruvius Britannicus: Section of the great dining room at Wilton (i.e. the double cube room), 5 copies; and One end of the great dining room (the east end), 5 copies.

5 - “An exact plan of the gardens and park at Wilton,…together with the town and also some views of the house and buildings in the garden, surveyed and drawn by J. Rocque.”

6 - “An exact survey of the beautiful and magnificent house, garden and park of the right Honourable the Earl of Pembroke, with the ancient town of Wilton…by John Rocque.”

7 - Engravings of views of the house.

8 - Views of the house: engravings, two drawings, articles from periodicals.

9 - Photographs of the exterior of Wilton House, including an aerial view showing South Street, Wilton, Bulbridge and Washerne, 1942.

10 - Photographs of the interior of Wilton House, and various statues, etc. Includes photographs of the designs of a suit of armour by Jacob the armourer for Henry, 2nd earl of Pembroke, from his design book in the Victoria and Albert Museum (see 2057/H6/5).

11 - Printed books and articles about Wilton House and its contents, incl. Illustrations of sculptures (marble), 1731, Description of the Wilton Diptych by G. Scharf 1882.

12 - Miscellaneous MSS, and printed articles, newspaper cuttings, notes, etc., about the house and its contents.

13 - The great gate as you enter to Wilton, from Colen Campbell’s Vitruvius Britannicus, 4 copies.

14 - Plans and elevation of the out offices at Wilton (i.e. the riding school at Washerne) from Colen Campbell’s Vitruvius Britannicus, 4 copies.

15 - The loggia in the bowling green at Wilton and the Front of the grotto at Wilton, from Colen Campbell’s Vitruvius Britannicus, 5 copies.

16 - Plan and elevation of the Palladian bridge by Roger Morris. Engraving. 17 copies.

17 - Plan and elevation of the grotto showing the wings. Engraving.

18 - Triumphal arch at Wilton, by William Chambers. Engraving. 3 copies.

19 - Casino at Wilton, by William Chambers. Engraving. 3 copies.

20 - Six engravings of Richard Wilson’s painting of the Broad water, and a painting in grey wash of the Palladian bridge, c.1820, endorsed Sir N. Ashton (sic) Smith.

21 - Lithographs by Sidney Herbert: the new gateway (10 copies); and the Palladian bridge, and a ruined castle (? Corfe, Dorset).

5 - Inventories

6 - Sale catalogues

7 - Household management

9 - CHARITIES

10 - FAMILY AND PERSONAL

11 - Other activities of the family

12 - Public and state papers of Sidney Herbert (1810-1861), Baron Herbert of Lea

13 - Deeds

14 - Legal

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