Bishopstrow House
| Bishopstrow House | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Bishopstrow, Wiltshire, England |
| Coordinates | 51°11′52″N 2°8′54″W / 51.19778°N 2.14833°W |
| Management | Von Essen |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | John Pinch the elder |
Bishopstrow House, currently occupied by the Bishopstrow House Hotel, is a late Georgian English country house standing near the B3414 (Salisbury Road) in the parish of Bishopstrow, about a mile east of Warminster, Wiltshire.
History
A new manor house was built at Bishopstrow in the late 18th century, standing between the Salisbury Road and the River Wylye, but this was destroyed by a fire in 1817. The present-day house was then begun on the northern side of the road, nearer to the escarpment of Salisbury Plain,[1] and was completed by John Pinch the elder in 1821.[2] In 1950 it was bought by Keith Neal, a firearms collector and in 1976 the house was purchased by Kurt Schiller who the next year turned it into a ten-bedroom hotel. It has since been extended to provide more rooms.[1] In 1988 the hotel was bought by the Blandy family, owners of the five-star Reid's Hotel and winery in Madeira.[1] In 1995 it was again sold, and in 2001 it became part of the Von Essen hotels group.[1]
The house is set in grounds of some twenty-seven acres. As of 2001 it boasted twenty-four double bedrooms, six suites, and two family rooms.[3] The River Wylye runs through the grounds, and a summer house and a boat house stand alongside it. The grounds also contain two ancient burial mounds.