Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Thornhill

Thornhill, seat, in par. and 2 miles S. of Stalbridge, Dorset; was built by Sir James Thornhill (1676-1734), the artist; Thornhill Spire, on a neighbouring eminence, commemorates his patron, George I., and was erected in 1727.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Stalbridge Parish       Dorset Ancient County

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