Comments on: The Palladian Bridge, Wilton House, Wiltshire

By: Editor

Editor — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 17:54:54 +0000

In reply to Digby Harris. Good evening Digby, and many congratulations on the beautiful gates and the well-deserved award.

By: Digby Harris

Digby Harris — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 16:54:53 +0000

My last job was the design of the Netherhampton Gates at Wilton House. There were all sorts of constraints but Lord Pembroke’s idea was to upgrade a minor service drive so that the great sights of Wilton, the Stable Block, the Palladian Bridge and culminating in the South Front of the house, could be seen from this approach. I haven’t seen the finished result but it has been given an award by the Salisbury Civic Society.

By: Editor

Editor — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 20:16:43 +0000

In reply to Julia Abel Smith. Good evening Julia. We visited Wilton after seeing the exhibition in Salisbury. Excellent guide and an excellent way to spend a day. The Palladian Bridge must have witnessed many romantic moments

By: Julia Abel Smith

Julia Abel Smith — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 10:01:58 +0000

Thank you for this delightful post, FF. By coincidence I visited Wilton last week and am now reading the biography of Sidney Herbert (1810-1861) by R. E. Foster. After his marriage to Elizabeth A’Court in London in 1846, Sydney took her out into the garden at Wilton to the Palladian Bridge where ‘darling Sid, who was much moved, took both my hands’. p. 149
A tour of the house is much to be recommended as well as watching the film beforehand.

By: Editor

Editor — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 16:01:49 +0000

In reply to TOM GARDNER. Good afternoon Tom. The bridge is rather special and I am delighted it is your favourite (so far, that is!)

By: TOM GARDNER

TOM GARDNER — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 15:19:25 +0000

OK ! NOW YOU’VE DONE IT.
THE PALLADIAN BRIDGE IS (THUS FAR), MY FAVORITE ‘FOLLY’ YOU HAVE SO GENEROUSLY SHOWN US.
YOUR OFFERINGS MAKE ONE REALISE – JUST WHAT A ‘GIFT’ – ONES … VISION – ‘IS’!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ‘VISION’!

TOM (NYC)