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Fonthill Abbey

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Date

1820

Artist

John Warwick Smith (1749-1831)

Collection

The Salisbury Museum

Acknowledgements

Bridgeman Images

Description

Fonthill Abbey was a brainchild of William Thomas Beckford, son of wealthy English plantation owner William Beckford and a student of architecture Sir William Chambers. Built in great haste and with an emphasis on grandeur rather than structural integrity, its tower collapsed in a storm in 1825 and the abbey was demolished in 1845.

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Location

Fonthill Gifford, Wiltshire, England

Country

England