93-Acre English Estate With Classical Manor and Palladian Orangery
Set above the Sem Valley in one of South Wiltshire’s most unspoiled corners, the Pythouse estate spans 93 acres of parkland, woodlands, and formal grounds within the rural parish of West Tisbury. At its centre is one of England’s great country houses—a Grade II*-listed classical manor now on the market for £14.5 million with Garbett Partners.
Built on ancestral land held since the 16th century, the house was originally constructed in the 1720s by Thomas Benett and later rebuilt by his grandson in the early 1800s. The result is a masterfully restrained neo-Grecian design: Ionic columns frame the portico; tripartite Wyatt windows line the sides. Its architectural presence is matched by the land itself—high-ground placement, long views, and a setting shaped by deliberate landscape design.
Today, Pythouse offers over 38,000 sq ft across three floors, with 16 bedroom suites, formal state rooms, a columned first-floor landing, and a grand marble-floored entrance hall. Its layers of history remain legible in the details: the Victorian kitchen wing, the original cellars, and the orangery—an 18th-century Palladian structure that still stands apart in the gardens.
Beyond the main house, the estate includes a stable courtyard, dovecote, chapel, two staff apartments, and four additional cottages—two in need of restoration. The surrounding landscape is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and remains among the most desirable rural enclaves in southern England.
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