Trafalgar House, (also known as Trafalgar Park), Wiltshire, England

The following is from the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.

Mid-19th-century formal garden designed by William Butterfield, set in an 18th-century park including early 18th-century works by Charles Bridgeman, surrounding a country house.
 

LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING

Trafalgar House, a site of around 65 hectares, is situated halfway between Alderbury and Downton. The River Avon runs along the western boundary of the site, and to the north, east, and south-east, the site is enclosed by farmland, with Standlynch Farm and Standlynch Dairy abutting the site's boundary in the north-east and north-west corners. To the south lies the neighbouring estate of Barford Park.

REFERENCES Used by English Heritage

Country Life, 98 (13 July 1945), pp 68-71; (20 July 1945), pp 112-15; 179 (13 February 1986), pp 404-06; no 14 (3 April 1997), pp 102-07; no 15 (10 April 1997), pp 44-7

B Cherry and N Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Wiltshire (2nd edn 1975), pp 529-31

P Willis, Charles Bridgeman (2nd edn 2002), pp 54, 183, 435, pl 225

T Mowl, Historic Gardens of Wiltshire (forthcoming 2004)

Maps

Andrews and Drury, Map of Wiltshire, 1773 (Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office)

C Greenwood, Map of Wiltshire, 1820 (Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office)

OS 6" to 1 mile: 1st edition published 1876

OS 25" to 1 mile: 1st edition published 1876; 2nd edition published 1901; 1925 edition

Illustrations

Three plans of Trafalgar, one showing a formal garden near the River Avon, early 18th century (reproduced in Country Life 1986)

Archival items

Aerial photographs, 21 June 1999 (NMR 18342/01; 18342/05; 18384/19), (National Monuments Record, Swindon)