Comments on: The Gothic Cottage, Stourhead, Wiltshire

By: Editor

Editor — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 08:38:01 +0000

In reply to Julia Abel Smith. Hello Julia. Yes, location spotting is good fun. And of course there is Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett’s big moment at the temple.

By: Editor

Editor — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 08:34:15 +0000

In reply to Edward Mirzoeff. Good morning Edward. What lovely memories. Sadly there were no hot drinks on offer at the cottage when I visited, but Stourhead was as magnificent as ever.

By: Julia Abel Smith

Julia Abel Smith — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 08:13:18 +0000

Thank you FF – delightful. I love to spot Stourhead in screen dramas, most memorably perhaps The Pallisers and Barry Lyndon.

By: Edward Mirzoeff

Edward Mirzoeff — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 08:06:56 +0000

Thank you for this delightful post. I can remember Christmas-time walks years ago with the Gothic cottage open, hot drinks and mince pies on offer, a welcome log fire in the hearth. In those days the cottage was normally shut, so this was a special treat.

By: Editor

Editor — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 07:14:47 +0000

In reply to John Fox. Good morning John, and thank you! Yes, I should have mentioned the views. I was a little nervous of ‘preaching to the converted’, as Stourhead is so famous. As you can see from my collection of folly treasures, the cottage is a favourite of mine too. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

By: John Fox

John Fox — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 07:10:37 +0000

What a lovely post and reminder of my favourite landscape feature at Stourhead! I have visited the garden many times over the years and a pause on the bench at the rustic cottage has always been the highlight of my circuits of the garden. The fine prospect from the cottage, across the lake to the church and boathouse (in particular), a different times of the year is just sublime.