A manor house was built at Bishopstrow in the late eighteenth century, between the Salisbury road and the River Wylye, but was destroyed by fire in 1817.

The present-day house was then begun for William Temple on the north side of the road, nearer to the escarpment of Salisbury Plain,[1] and was completed by John Pinch the elder in 1821.

[2][3] The gardens of the earlier house were retained and are linked to the new site by a tunnel under the road.

[8] In 1950, the house was sold by the Temple family to W. Keith Neal,[9] a firearms collector, and in 1976 it was purchased by Kurt Schiller, who the next year turned it into a ten-bedroom hotel.

Bishopstrow now has 36 bedrooms, a restaurant and terrace, outdoor and indoor pool as well as a spa and gym.