Historic houses · South West England
Clouds House
In or near Chicklade.
Clouds House — country house in Wiltshire, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Tisbury · 7.2 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Clouds House, the nearest railway station is Tisbury, located 7.2 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is SP3 6BE. Accessibility is limited for wheelchair users.
About
Clouds House is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Designed by Philip Webb. Heritage designation: Grade II* listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "country house in Wiltshire, England, UK". Coordinates: 51.0789°, -2.1772°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Avon System SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Clouds House, also known simply as Clouds, is a Grade II* listed building at East Knoyle in Wiltshire, England. Designed by Arts and Crafts architect Philip Webb for Percy Wyndham and his wife Madeline, it was first completed in 1886, but an 1889 fire necessitated its rebuilding, finished in 1891. Clouds was Webb's grandest design. It became a centre of social activity for the intellectual group known as The Souls, and was frequented by artists such as Edward Burne-Jones and politicians like Arthur Balfour. Since 1983 the house has been a treatment centre for drug dependence and alcohol dependence, under the name Clouds House. In 2007 the Clouds House treatment centre merged with two other organisations to form the charity Action on Addiction, which is headquartered at East Knoyle.
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Background
Architecture
Wyndham bought the 4207 acre Clouds estate in 1876, for c. £100,000. It was so-called because its lands included the former manor of Clouds, in Milton, Wiltshire, which was owned by John Clouds at some time before 1551. Wyndham commissioned Webb to replace a smaller house on the site, at the head of a valley sloping down to the south-east, with uncultivated land lying to the north. It was Webb's grandest country house design, intended to facilitate the Wyndhams' continual round of house parties, The south elevation, which had three gables, An extensive service wing on lower ground to the east of the main house was attached to its north-east corner. The Wyndhams moved into the house in…
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- Coordinates
- 51.0789, -2.1772
- District
- Wiltshire
- Parish
- East Knoyle
- Postcode
- SP3 6BE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Salisbury
- Nearest railway station
- Tisbury — 7.2 km
- Official site
- forwardtrust.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5135768 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Clouds House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Clouds House.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Clouds House?
- Clouds House is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode SP3 6BE), in the parish of East Knoyle.
- What is Clouds House?
- Clouds House — country house in Wiltshire, England, UK.
- How do I get to Clouds House?
- The nearest railway station is Tisbury, about 7.2 km away. Drivers can use postcode SP3 6BE.
- Is Clouds House a listed building?
- Clouds House is officially recognised as Grade II* listed building listed.
- Is Clouds House a protected site?
- Yes — Clouds House is part of the River Avon System SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Clouds House?
- The nearest railway station is Tisbury, about 7.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SP3 6BE.