[4] It was long the home of the Lords Arundell of Wardour and later of Cranborne Chase School.

[5] All Saints' Roman Catholic chapel, Wardour, originally belonged to the Arundells' household.

It was enlarged in 1788 by the eighth Lord Arundell to the designs of Giacomo Quarenghi and John Soane.

W. Castle is the seat of Lord Arundell of W.; was built in 1776-89; is in the Grecian style, with a centre and crescent wings; has a rotunda staircase, 144 feet round; contains a rich collection of paintings and other works of art; and stands in a finely wooded park, about 5 miles in circuit.

An ancient castle here was built by the Martins, before the time of Edward III; passed, through the Lovells, the Touchets, the Audleys, and others, to the Arundells; was the birthplace of Lord Chief Justice Hyde, of the 16th century; and was besieged, captured, and ruined, in the civil wars of Charles I.