Historic house · near Holt · Wiltshire

Great Chalfield Manor

Great Chalfield Manor is a grade I listed English country house. Visitors find it 800 m north of Holt. Upkeep is seen to by the National Trust.

Photo: Great Chalfield Manor, Trish Steel (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

800 m

north of Holt

Run by

National Trust

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 19%

#1,601 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Historic house near Holt

Just outside Holt

Great Chalfield Manor is 800 m north of Holt. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by the National Trust

One of the places the National Trust looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Holt has 46 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Afternoons in Holt peak at 18–23°C, May to September.

Jan8° / 2°79 mm

Feb9° / 2°54 mm

Mar11° / 3°48 mm

Apr14° / 5°50 mm

May18° / 7°57 mm

Jun21° / 10°51 mm

Jul23° / 12°55 mm

Aug22° / 12°60 mm

Sep19° / 10°55 mm

Oct15° / 7°76 mm

Nov11° / 4°77 mm

Dec8° / 2°77 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Holt, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Holt. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Holt’s full climate →

About

Great Chalfield Manor

3 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. A short trip away is The Roman Baths, 11 km off, the first of 61 within 15 km.

Holt’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Run by: National Trust
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: 800 m north of Holt
Official site: nationaltrust.org.uk/great-chalfield-manor-and-garden

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

The area around Great Chalfield Manor

Orange shows Great Chalfield Manor; numbers mark the places near it.

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

Trowbridge, with 43,753 people, is the largest of the 8. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · 800 m south of it

Holt

1,704 people · 6 places to visit

2 · 1.3 km east of it

Broughton Gifford

338 people · 3 places to visit

3 · 2.1 km north of it

Atworth

1,293 people · 10 places to visit

4 · 2.6 km south of it

Trowbridge

43,753 people · 10 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Great Chalfield Manor is	People	Places to visit
Holt	800 m south of it	1,704	6
Broughton Gifford	1.3 km east of it	338	3
Atworth	2.1 km north of it	1,293	10
Trowbridge	2.6 km south of it	43,753	10
Lower Wraxall	2.7 km west of it	501	7
Shaw	3 km northeast of it	458	6
Bradford-on-Avon	3 km southwest of it	9,864	11
Berryfield	3.5 km east of it	1,094	2

Make a day of it

Places to add to Great Chalfield Manor

Also close at hand are 2 museums, 2 castles and an abbey or priory, among 61 within 15 km.

MuseumThe Roman Baths11 km away 2

Abbey or priory · National TrustLacock Abbey7.9 km away 3

Castle · English HeritageFarleigh Hungerford Castle8.1 km away 4

Garden · National TrustThe Courts Garden1.5 km away 5

Fort · National TrustLittle Solsbury Hill10 km away 6

Art galleryVictoria Art Gallery11 km away · 92K visitors a year 7

MuseumJane Austen Centre11 km away 8

CastleDevizes Castle14 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions before you go

Where is Great Chalfield Manor?

Great Chalfield Manor is 800 m north of Holt, Wiltshire.

What is Great Chalfield Manor?

Grade I listed English country house in Atworth, Wiltshire, England, UK.

Who runs Great Chalfield Manor?

National Trust, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Great Chalfield Manor?

May to September are the warmest months in Holt, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Great Chalfield Manor a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Great Chalfield Manor?

Within 15 km: The Roman Baths (11 km), Lacock Abbey (7.9 km), Farleigh Hungerford Castle (8.1 km) and The Courts Garden (1.5 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Great Chalfield Manor: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Roman Baths: Diliff, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Lacock Abbey: Jürgen Matern, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Farleigh Hungerford Castle: nicksarebi, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Courts Garden: Nessy-Pic, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Little Solsbury Hill: Beechenbummer at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Victoria Art Gallery: Stephen Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Jane Austen Centre: Fahdshariff at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Devizes Castle: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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