Wilbury House
Wilbury House is a Neo-Palladian country house in the parish of Newton Tony, Wiltshire in South West England, about northeast of Salisbury. It is a Grade I listed building, and the surrounding park and garden are Grade II listed. History. It was built around 1710 by and for William Benson, a country esquire, in the style of Inigo Jones. The south front was based on John Webb's 1661 Amesbury Abbey, where Benson had been a tenant. The original design for the house was featured in "Vitruvius Britannicus" in 1715. Around 1740–1750 the portico was altered and  an upper floor added. Single-storey half-octagonal bays were added at both ends of the elevation around 1760. Later owners include Fulke Greville (1717–1806). The house was sold again after the death of the owner, Lady St Just, in 1996. It was carefully restored for the Guinness family in 2006. Pevsner describes Benson's original design as "the first, not Neo-Palladian, but Neo-Inigo-Jones house in England". Historic England state that the house has "an outstanding period interior of the early 18th century". Today. The house is private and not open to the public, except for specific  tours. In media. The house was the filming location as Pendersleigh, the country house where Maurice visits his friend Clive, in the 1987 film "Maurice". Lady Maria St. Just, an actress and trustee of the estate of Tennessee Williams, was a friend of Merchant and Ivory. In 1979 they had been weekend guests at Wilbury Park, which made an impression on James Ivory, and he chose this location for the film.