Biddesden House
Encyclopedia
Biddesden House is a Grade I listed house near to Andover
in Wiltshire
, home to an Arabian Horse
stud farm
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from 1692, and passed to other owners before being bought by Bryan Guinness in the 1930s, whose family still live there.
Andover, Hampshire
Andover is a town in the English county of Hampshire. The town is on the River Anton some 18.5 miles west of the town of Basingstoke, 18.5 miles north-west of the city of Winchester and 25 miles north of the city of Southampton...
in Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
, home to an Arabian Horse
Arabian horse
The Arabian or Arab horse is a breed of horse that originated on the Arabian Peninsula. With a distinctive head shape and high tail carriage, the Arabian is one of the most easily recognizable horse breeds in the world. It is also one of the oldest breeds, with archaeological evidence of horses...
stud farm
Stud farm
A stud farm or stud in animal husbandry, is an establishment for selective breeding of livestock. The word "stud" comes from the Old English stod meaning "herd of horses, place where horses are kept for breeding" Historically, documentation of the breedings that occur on a stud farm leads to the...
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History
The house belonged to John Richmond WebbJohn Richmond Webb
General John Richmond Webb was an English military leader and Member of Parliament.Webb was the son of Colonel Edmund Richmond Webb, a Wiltshire gentleman with a position in the household of Prince George of Denmark and second cousin to another Wiltshire man, Henry St John, who was to become the...
from 1692, and passed to other owners before being bought by Bryan Guinness in the 1930s, whose family still live there.
Biddesden Stud
The stud is famous for breeding the eventing champion TamarilloTamarillo (horse)
Tamarillo is a horse that has excelled in the sport of eventing under rider William Fox-Pitt.*Color: Bay*Sex: Gelding*Height: 16.2 hh *Breed: Anglo-Arabian*Breeding: by Tarnik ; out of Mellita by Master Spiritus at Biddesden stud...