Telephone: 01258 472507
Sir William was, in 1492, Lord Mayor of London and a member of a local family who had acquired the manor in the 14th century. Subsequent centuries have all seen successive owners adding to, and even removing from, Athelhampton House.
A 160 acres deer park was created in 1485. The West Wing and Gatehouse were added in 1550. In 1862, the gatehouse was demolished and the Church of St. John at Athelhampton built. The magnificent formal gardens at Athelhampton House were built in 1891 by Alfred Cart de Lafontaine. Francis Iniago Thomas designed four ham stone courts, a series of outdoor rooms, in the Elizabethan style with a series of ponds and a formal canal. In 1920-1 the North Wing at the rear of the house was built.
There is even reputed to be a ghost of Athelhampton, an ape, which belonged to one of the Martyns in the sixteenth century. He can apparently be heard as he tries to escape from the secret staircase and cellar in which he was trapped.
If you would like to know more about Plumber Manor or its surrounding places to visit, please either complete the enquiry form or call us on 01258 472507.
Bovington Tank Museum, Cranborne Chase, Dorset Opera, the Great Dorset Steam Fair, Larmer Tree Gardens, Longleat House and Safari Park, Lulworth, Mapperton, Melplash, Milton Abbey, Parnham, the Piddle Valley, Plush Music Festival, Salisbury International Arts Festival, Salisbury Racecourse, Studland, UK International Boogie Woogie Festival, Sturminster Newton Cheese Festival, Wilton House and the Wincanton Racecourse.