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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. Herbert was Secretary to the Admiralty, 1841-1845, Secretary at War 1845-1851, and Secretary of State for War 1852-1860. The papers are an important source for the reorganisation of the army, particulaly medical reforms and the campaign in the Crimea. Florence Nightingale was a frequent correspondent and she figures heavily in the series. Other subjects covered include campaigns in China, India in 1860, Ireland, Wellington College and the Royal medical School at Chatham. See also 2057/F4/50-71 for related correspondence. This list to 2057/F8/I-VI was made by Dr. James G. Provan, Associate Professor of History at Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois, U.S.A. and completed in 1975. Parts VII to XI were listed in 1992, by Nicola Bailey, a student in the Wiltshire Record Office, when the following items in the original list were not found: 2057/F8/III/A/9c, 2057/F8/IV/A/8, 2057/F8/V/A/67-73, 2057/F8/V/A/140, 2057/F8/V/A/216, 2057/F8/V/B/393h, 2057/F8/V/C/71j. Index F8/I 1833-1846 F8/II 1847-1852 F8/III 1853-1855 F8/IV 1855-1858 F8/V 1859-1861 F8/VI Documents dated prior to 1833 or after 1861 F8/VII Additional miscellaneous papers F8/VIII Emigration to Australia; Family Colonisation Loan Society and Female Emigration Fund F8/IX Emigration to Australia; Female Emigration Fund F8/X Appointment of nurses to the army in the Crimea F8/XI Miscellaneous

13 - Deeds

14 - Legal

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