Collection of Manuscript account books of the Arundell of Wardour family

Item date: 17th - 18th centuries
Grant Value: 2,500
Item cost: 200,000
Item date acquired: 1991
Item institution: Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre
Town/City: Chippenham
County: Wiltshire

Includes the architectural and garden plans of James Paine, Richard Woods and Capability Brown for the new castle and grounds of about 1770. The total purchase pric e is for the entire collection split between the Cornish and Wiltshire record offices