Museum · Salisbury · Wiltshire

Mompesson House

Mompesson House is a 18th century house. Salisbury has it inside its built-up area. Its status is a Grade I listed building.

Photo: Mompesson House, Seb Ballard (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Salisbury

inside the built-up area

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 18–22°C

In brief

Museum in Salisbury

Inside Salisbury

Mompesson House is inside Salisbury’s built-up area, with 11 more places to visit within 5 km. 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; Salisbury has 643 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

Month by month

From May to September, Salisbury sees highs of 18–22°C.

Jan8° / 2°92 mm

Feb9° / 2°65 mm

Mar11° / 3°61 mm

Apr14° / 4°57 mm

May18° / 7°52 mm

Jun20° / 10°54 mm

Jul22° / 12°49 mm

Aug22° / 12°63 mm

Sep19° / 10°63 mm

Oct15° / 7°93 mm

Nov11° / 4°99 mm

Dec9° / 2°97 mm

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

About

Mompesson House

Upkeep is seen to by the National Trust. Wikipedia covers it in 3 languages. Top of the 25 other places within 15 km is Salisbury Cathedral, 200 m off.

Salisbury’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Run by: National Trust
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Salisbury
Official site: nationaltrust.org.uk/mompesson-house

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

The map

Mompesson House at a glance

Orange marks Mompesson House, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

Towns near it

Nearby towns

Salisbury tops the 8 for size, at 47,690 people. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

1 · It’s in town

Salisbury

47,690 people · 13 places to visit

2 · 2 km south of it

Britford

452 people · 10 places to visit

3 · 3.5 km north of it

Old Sarum

4,013 people · 11 places to visit

4 · 3.9 km west of it

Wilton

4,300 people · 11 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Mompesson House is	People	Places to visit
Salisbury	It’s in town	47,690	13
Britford	2 km south of it	452	10
Old Sarum	3.5 km north of it	4,013	11
Wilton	3.9 km west of it	4,300	11
Coombe Bissett	4.1 km southwest of it	200	8
Whaddon	4.5 km southeast of it	2,283	9
Winterbourne Dauntsey and Winterbourne Earls	4.5 km northeast of it	669	11
Winterbourne Gunner	6.7 km northeast of it	613	4

Make a day of it

While you are near Mompesson House

Our list has 25 more within 15 km, among them 2 cathedrals, 2 historic houses and 2 castles.

CathedralSalisbury Cathedral200 m away 2

Historic houseWilton House4.5 km away 3

CastleClarendon Palace4 km away 4MuseumMuseumThe Rifles Museum100 m away 5

Historic houseArundells200 m away 6

MuseumSalisbury Museum300 m away 7

CathedralOld Sarum Cathedral3.1 km away 8

CastleOld Sarum Castle3 km away

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

Visiting Mompesson House: the answers

Where is Mompesson House?

Mompesson House is in Salisbury, Wiltshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Mompesson House?

18th century house in Cathedral Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK.

Who runs Mompesson House?

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

When is the best time to visit Mompesson House?

May to September are the warmest months in Salisbury, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Mompesson House a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Mompesson House?

Within 15 km: Salisbury Cathedral (200 m), Wilton House (4.5 km), Clarendon Palace (4 km) and The Rifles Museum (100 m).

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 (8)

Mompesson House: Seb Ballard, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Salisbury Cathedral: Andrew Dunn (Website: http://www.andrewdunnphoto.com/), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wilton House: Kachii (Katy) from London, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Clarendon Palace: Jim Linwood, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Arundells: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Salisbury Museum: SalisburyMuseum1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Old Sarum Cathedral: hugh llewelyn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Old Sarum Castle: MARKEDWARDS, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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