The estate and house (red dot) lie on the Avon flood plain between Alderbury and Nunton
Mapping from OpenStreetMap.org
A Whiteparish local history page from younsmere-frustfield.org.uk
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The estate and house (red dot) lie on the Avon flood plain between Alderbury and Nunton
Mapping from OpenStreetMap.org
Longford Castle estate from Historic England - Crown copyright
Longford Castle is a grand house that lies alongside the river Avon midway between Alderbury and Nunton with parkland that spans the whole of the river flood plain. The house has an unusual Thomas Gorges acquired the manor of Langford in 1573 In c 1578-91 he built Longford Castle to an unusual triangular design by the architect John Thorpe, and formal gardens were laid out to its south and east fronts. The design. The triangular plan may have been the inspiration for Newhouse in Whiteparish, [stylistically dated to late Elizabethan - before 1603 - ref Listed Building Status] built for William Stockman and sold in 1619 to Thomas's son, Edward Gorges. There is a third building related by design at
[1588 Spanish Armada provided funds][triangular Swedish design?]
This was five years before [1576, so probably not] his marriage to the Swedish born Helena Snakenborg (Elin) Wikipedia, the dowager Marchioness of Northampton and lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth I. Although Wikipedia claims the building was modelled on a Swedish castle, having been completed some years before the wedding it is more likely to have been founded on mathematical principles and/or in reference to the Trinity. The tomb of Thomas and Helena in Salisbury Cathedral has two cuboctahedra and an icosahedron on each side of the canopy and a celestial globe capped with a dodecahedron sits above the whole structure: a triangular building would fit well into his background and interests.
Longford Castle, copyright 2018 Google Earth
There is lots of detail and a map showing the extent of the park between Alderbury, Nunton, Bodenham and Britford at HistoricEngland.org.uk.
TrafalgarPark.com contains references to the Longford Estate.
Story that Helena asked Queen Elizabeth for financial support after her marriage to Thomas had been accepted by the Queen. They were granted a Spanish Armada ship to recover (off the Isle of Wight/Hurst?) if they could and prospered mightily as a result.