11 AUG 2000
bw-SWI
11 Aug 2000 | 23:07
Next to the Railway Museum in Faringdon Road is The Railway Village House. Here you can see how Victorian railway families lived. It features a gaslight, cooking range, brass bedsteads, and antimacassars.
04 AUG 2000
bw-MAR
04 Aug 2000 | 23:20
In the High Street is the (largely redundant) 15
th-century St Peter’s Church. Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
(c. 1475 – 1530) was ordained here in 1498. It now houses a number of attractions, including arts and crafts, a coffee shop, and a Christian bookshop.
10 AUG 1999
bw-SAL
10 Aug 1999 | 23:12
In the Medieval Hall Office at 10 Shady Bower is Secrets of Salisbury. This 30-minute AV presentation describes the city’s past and present, as well as taking you on a flying visit to many attractions in the region.
09 AUG 1999
bw-DEZ
09 Aug 1999 | 23:24
In Long Street you will find Devizes Museum and Art Gallery, which houses a unique collection of prehistoric finds. It also features both history and natural history galleries.
07 AUG 1999
bw-MAR
07 Aug 1999 | 22:59
You can take a pleasant walk through Savernake Forest, which is around
26km (16mi) in circumference, at any time of year.
05 AUG 1999
bw-DEZ
05 Aug 1999 | 22:57
At the Manor House in Potterne is the Fire Defence Museum. Here you will get a first-rate guided tour around an interesting collection of firefighting items previously used in the fire defences of Wiltshire.
03 AUG 1999
bw-DEZ
03 Aug 1999 | 22:30
Devizes Wharf is home to the Kennet & Avon Canal Museum, which has a range of exhibits on the conception, design, usage, and eventual commercial decline of the Kennet & Avon Canal, along with its subsequent restoration.
05 AUG 1998
bw-WAR
05 Aug 1998 | 23:27
The gardens of
Stourhead House at Stourton are among the best examples of 18
th-century landscape design. Laid out by a rich banker, Henry Hoare I (1677 – 1725), they are beautiful throughout the year with shrubs, lakes, and temples.
bw-WAR
05 Aug 1998 | 22:55
Stourhead House at Stourton, a Palladian villa with Regency additions, contains furniture made for the house by Thomas Chippendale the younger
(c. 1749 – 1822), as well as many fine paintings.
29 MAY 1998
bw-SAL
29 May 1998 | 22:43
Wilton House, set in
8.5ha (21ac) of landscaped parkland and gardens, is the stately home to the Earls of Pembroke. There are staterooms by Inigo Jones (1573 – 1652) and a world-famous art collection.
17 MAY 1998
bw-SAL
17 May 1998 | 23:29
On the north side of Choristers Green is Mompesson House. Built in 1701 and set in a walled garden, it is one of the finest houses in Cathedral Close. Furnished as an 18
th-century town house, it features a collection of glasses from the same period.
03 FEB 1998
bw-SAL
03 Feb 1998 | 23:01
In The King’s House at 65 The Close is the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, which has award-winning galleries on Stonehenge and Old Sarum, amongst others. It also features ceramics, a Wedgwood room, pre-NHS (National Health Service) surgery, costume, lace, embroidery, a picture gallery, and exhibitions.