# Wilton House - Added to Historic Buildings in South West

**URL:** <https://greyarro.ws/t/wilton-house-added-to-historic-buildings-in-south-west/72411>\
**Category:** Where to fly your drone in the UK\
**Created:** [13 January 2024 20:58 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/wilton-house-added-to-historic-buildings-in-south-west/72411 "2024-01-13T20:58:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![clinkadink](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/clinkadink/32/93116_2.png) [@clinkadink](https://greyarro.ws/u/clinkadink)\
**Post date:** [13 January 2024 20:58 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/wilton-house-added-to-historic-buildings-in-south-west/72411/1 "2024-01-13T20:58:50Z")

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I have just added this to the map of places to fly your drone at [Drone Scene](https://dronescene.co.uk/where-to-fly-drone/wilton-house/south-west/3102):

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> **[Wilton House](https://dronescene.co.uk/where-to-fly-drone/wilton-house/south-west/3102)**
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> This location has been recommended to fly your drone in the Historic Buildings category in the South West region.

Land owner permission not required.

History of Wilton House …

Wilton Abbey was originally a 9th century nunnery.  
Replaced by 12th century Abbey for Benedictine nuns.  
Wilton Abbey was dissolved 1536 in the Dissolution of the Monasteries.  
It was granted to the 1st Earl of Pembroke by 1544.  
He built the first Wilton House in the 1540s.

Wilton House was rebuilt by 4th Earl of Pembroke from 1635.  
He set up formal gardens, and planted the Cedars of Lebanon.  
Much of the old Wilton House was destroyed in a fire about 1647.  
The 4th Earl carried on re-building.  
He died 1650.  
Re-building completed 1653.

The formal gardens were removed, and grounds landscaped by the 9th Earl in 1730s-1740s.  
He built the Palladian Bridge in 1737.  
The Riding School was built by the 10th Earl in 1755.  
Wilton was altered by the 11th Earl in 1801-1816.

Gardens and fountains were added by the 17th Earl.  
Wilton is still seat of the Earl of Pembroke.

> **[Wilton House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilton_House)**
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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 is linked by some with the premiere of Shakespeare's As You Like It, and an important literary saloon culture under its occupatio...

_The originator declared that this location was **not** inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 13/01/2024. It remains the responsibility of any pilot to check for any changes before flying at the same location._

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**Author:** ![clinkadink](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/clinkadink/32/93116_2.png) [@clinkadink](https://greyarro.ws/u/clinkadink)\
**Post date:** [13 January 2024 21:01 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/wilton-house-added-to-historic-buildings-in-south-west/72411/2 "2024-01-13T21:01:12Z")

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A well used location for Film and TV too.

 ![image](https://d1q8cepst0v8xp.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/a/5a5814af3c5231cb7a485dacb2063e8c01a596e4.png)

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**Author:** ![PitchFader](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/pitchfader/32/241850_2.png) [@PitchFader](https://greyarro.ws/u/PitchFader)\
**Post date:** [29 March 2024 17:06 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/wilton-house-added-to-historic-buildings-in-south-west/72411/3 "2024-03-29T17:06:23Z")

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I’ve flown here too @clinkadink 😁