Mompesson House, History museum in Cathedral Close, Salisbury, England.
Mompesson House is a Queen Anne townhouse in the Cathedral Close of Salisbury, built from local Chilmark stone with a symmetrical facade. Inside, a carved oak staircase leads through rooms decorated with Georgian plasterwork on the ceilings and walls.
Sir Thomas Mompesson started the building around 1690, and his son Charles completed it by 1701. After passing through several private owners over the following centuries, the National Trust took it over in 1975 and opened it to visitors.
The house gives a clear sense of how prosperous families in 18th-century England arranged their homes and daily lives. The rooms are furnished in period style, and visitors can walk through spaces that still feel lived-in rather than purely decorative.
The house sits within the Cathedral Close, a short walk from the center of Salisbury, and entry is through a gate in the close. The interior has original staircases and narrow doorways, so visitors with mobility concerns may find some areas harder to access.
Mompesson House was chosen as a filming location for the 1995 film adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. Some of the furniture and props used during the shoot remained in the house after production ended and can still be seen today.
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