Old Stourton House

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Stourton Castle

In the civil parish of Stourton With Gasper. In the historic county of Wiltshire (Modern Authority of Wiltshire, 1974 county of Wiltshire).

Site of a fortified manor house built mid C15 and comprising two courts, one with open hall, kitchen and gatehouse. The house was beseiged in 1644 and following the sale of the estate was demolished circa 1720 to be replaced by the present Stourhead slightly to the north west. The site is marked by a series of turf covered banks and platforms approached by a hollow way. A park associated with the manor house was licensed circa 1428. (pastScape)
Mentioned by Leland in 1540.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is ST77883440

Air Photo from Air Photo and general mapping	1st edition OS Map from Mid to late 19th century maps
Modern Map from Landscape form and features	Modern Map from General location and route planning
Geograph British Isles occasionally has photos of the site and will usually give an idea of the surrounding landscape.

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 202561
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is ST73SE450 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

• Web site links
  • http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/smr/getsmr.php?id=35
• Books
  • Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p643-5
    Salter, Mike, 2002, Index and Amendments to Mike Salter's English Castles Books (Malvern) p11
    Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of Wessex (Malvern) p100
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p502 [possible]
    Charles, Lord Mowbray, Segrave, and Stourton, 1899, The History of the Noble House of Stourton
    Mackenzie, J.D., 1896, Castles of England (New York: Macmillan) Vol1 p233 http://www.archive.org/stream/castlesofengland01mack#page/233/mode/1up
    John Aubrey (corrected and enlarged by John Edward Jackson), 1862, Wiltshire, the topographical collections of John Aubrey, F R S, 1659-70 p389
    Hoare, Richard Colt, 1822, The History of Modern Wiltshire Vol1 pt1 p42
• Journal Articles
  • 1936, Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society Vol81 p49
    Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol1, p193-5
• Guidebooks
  • Dodd, D., 1981, Stourhead (National Trust)
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p502, 504