The Marquess of Bath at Longleat House in Wiltshire was the first to establish the commercial venture of a safari park in its grounds, followed by Woburn Abbey, seat of the Dukes of Bedford.

* Longleat, Wiltshire

The Thynnes are descended from Sir John Thynne, the builder of Longleat, the splendid seat of the family in Wiltshire.

Although born in London, he grew up at his family's seat, Longleat, a great Elizabethan house set in Wiltshire parkland landscaped in the 18th century by Capability Brown.

The Thynnes have preserved many of the Abbey's Wiltshire records at Longleat up to the present day.

From this time he lived mostly in retirement, finding a congenial home with Lord Weymouth, his friend from college days, at Longleat in Wiltshire ; and though pressed to resume his diocese in 1703, upon the death of Bishop Kidder, he declined, partly on the ground of growing weakness, but partly no doubt from his love for the quiet life of devotion which he was able to lead at Longleat.

Longleat is an English stately home, currently the seat of the Marquesses of Bath, adjacent to the village of Horningsham and near the towns of Warminster in Wiltshire and Frome in Somerset.

She was born at the Thynne family seat of Longleat in Wiltshire as the daughter of Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath.

In 1568 he moved from London to Wiltshire to commence work on the new house at Longleat for Sir John Thynne ; he worked there for almost eighteen years, carving personally much of the external detail, and he is believed to have had a strong influence on the overall design of the building.

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Lord Bath died in 1837, aged forty, and was buried on 1 July 1837 at his home, Longleat House, Wiltshire.

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Longleat House is an England | English stately home

The movie was filmed at Oxford, England and Longleat.

Filming took place in India and in England, where fictitious Gurukul University was at Longleat.

Surviving 16th and early 17th century specimens in England, Wales and Scotland are numerous, for example those at Longleat ( England ), Burghley House ( England ), Bodysgallen Hall ( Wales ), Muchalls Castle ( Scotland ) and Crathes Castle ( Scotland ); however, by the late 18th century the great hall was beginning to lose its purpose.

In England, the Renaissance tended to manifest itself in large square tall houses such as Longleat House.

Longleat maze

From 1539 to 1707 the park was owned by the Duke of Somerset, Sir Edward Seymour, brother of Queen Jane ; the Thynne family of Longleat, and the family of Sir Henry Gould.

The south side of the gorge is owned and administered by the Marquess of Bath's Longleat Estate.

From 1539 to 1707 the park was owned by the Duke of Somerset, Sir Edward Seymour, brother of Queen Jane ; the Thynne family of Longleat, and the family of Sir Henry Gould.

When deprived of his see by William and Mary in 1691 after he refused to transfer his oath of allegiance from James, on the grounds that once given, it could not be forsworn, he was given lodgings at Longleat and an £ 80 annuity by Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth, a friend since Oxford days.

Covering over, this beats the current record previously held by the Marquis of Bath at Longleat.

Drawing of Longleat from the early 18th century by Leonard Knyff

Longleat was purchased by Sir John Thynn in 1541.

He is remembered fondly by members and supporters of Stockport Rugby Club for attending the Glengarth Sevens with a lion cub from Longleat, helping to raise money for the charity and adding to the fantastic atmosphere and help upkeep the strong reputation of sevens rugby at Stockport

The design and construction of the mansion was supervised by his steward, Sir John Thynne, founder of Longleat House.

" Once again Tony Marsh established himself in 1965 as " King of the Hills " by scoring Best Time of the Day at eight of the nine first championship climbs he entered, and setting new course records at Shelsley Walsh, Bouley Bay and Longleat.

The Benedictine foundations at Wilton, Malmesbury and Amesbury existed before the Conquest ; the Augustinian Bradenstoke Priory was founded by Walter d ' Evreux in 1142 ; that at Lacock by Ela, countess of Salisbury, in 1232 ; that at Longleat by Sir John Vernon before 1272.

Later styles are represented by Longford Castle, near Salisbury, where the picture galleries are of great interest ; by Heytesbury House ; by Wilton House at Wilton, Kingston House at Bradford-upon-Avon, Bowood House near Calne, Longleat near Warminster, Corsham Court at Corsham, Littlecote near Ramsbury, Chariton House near Malmesbury, Compton Chamberlayne in the Nadder valley, Grittleton House and the modern Castle Combe, both near Chippenham and Stourhead, on the borders of Dorset and Somerset.

The parish church of Holy Trinity was built at the end of the 17th Century, by the Thynne family of Longleat and houses an internationally famous collection of Maiden's Garlands.

Longleat in the early 18th century by Leonard Knyff.

Longleat Estate has fenced off a large part of its land and has introduced goats, as part of a programme to encourage the biodiversity of the area ; the goats were intended to replace the sheep that grazed in the gorge until the 1970s.

Many stately homes have become open to the public ; Knebworth House, now a major venue for open air rock and pop concerts, Alton Towers, theme park and the most popular in the UK, and Longleat, the world's first safari park outside Africa.

Some earlier English buildings, such as Longleat, had made borrowings from the classical style ; but these were restricted to small details and were not applied in a systematic way.

In 1947, death duties forced the sale of a large part of the Marquess ' estates ; in order to allow Longleat itself to survive, he opened the house to public visitors.

In common with architect Robert Smythson's other works at both Longleat House and Wollaton Hall, Hardwick Hall is one of the earliest examples of the English interpretation of the Renaissance style of architecture, which came into fashion when it was no longer thought necessary to fortify one's home.

Center Parcs have updated many Whinfell villas and continue to add new villas of a identical style to new villas at their other UK parcs, so now there are also many villas at Whinfell the same style as in Sherwood, Elevden or Longleat.

The two later worked as partners on parterre gardens at Hampton Court, Chelsea Hospital, Longleat, Chatsworth, Melbourne Hall, Wimpole Hall and Castle Howard, drawing inspiration from engravings of contemporary garden designs in France and the Netherlands.

Banqueting rooms varied greatly from house to house, but were generally on an intimate scale either in a garden room or inside such as the small banqueting turrets in Longleat House.

* Morris, Richard K. ( 2007 ) " A plan for Kenilworth Castle at Longleat ," English Heritage Historical Review, 2 ( 2007 ).

He also agreed to attend Doctor Who conventions including the show's 20th anniversary celebrations at Longleat in 1983.

Representative of this type of rural country home is Longleat at 5819 Hillsboro Pike, which was completed in 1932 as the home of insurance executive Thomas Tyne.

Longleat was listed on the National Register in 1984 for its architectural significance.

At Lacock, as elsewhere, they were named for individuals " whose recognition in this way advertised the family's affinities ": the best chamber was " the duke's chamber ", probably signifying John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, whom Sharington had served, while " Lady Thynne's chamber ", identified it with the wife of Sir John Thynne of Longleat, and " Mr Mildmay's chamber " was reserved for Sharington's son-in-law Anthony Mildmay of Apethorpe in Northamptonshire.

On 17 October 1710 Carteret married Lady Frances Worsley at Longleat House.

Serpentine lakes at Longleat.

Although the royal forest of Selwood no longer exists, the nearby countryside is still richly wooded, for example on the Longleat, Maiden Bradley and Stourhead estates.

* Sir John Thynne ( c. 1513 – 1580 ), builder of Longleat

The Thynne family descends from the soldier and courtier Sir John Thynne ( died 1580 ), who constructed Longleat House between 1567 and 1579.

The family seat is Longleat House.