Fine Plaster Ceiling At Mompesson House, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The Mompessons Were An Old Wiltshire Family, Recorded In The County From The Early 15Th Century. Charles’s Father, Sir Thomas, An Ardent Royalist, Was An Mp. Charles Was For Some Years Also An Mp. The Position Of Mompesson House On The North Side Of Choristers’ Green In Salisbury’s Cathedral Close Made It A Very Desirable Place For The Mompessons To Live. Originally The Houses In The Close Had Been Intended For The Clergy To Live In But By The Mid-17Th Century It Became Very Fashionable For Local Gentry And Professional Classes To Live There. In 1703 Charles Mompesson Married Elizabeth Longueville And Their Union Was Celebrated With The Addition Of A Decorative Cartouche Above The Front Door – Their New Joint Coat Of Arms.

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facade iron art architecture sculpture window statue monument house wall building arch landmark street chapel church column family coat mompesson salisbury wiltshire england cartouche front door old county 15th century father sir thomas ardent royalist charles desirable position north side choristers’ green cathedral close place houses clergy mid-17th fashionable local gentry professional classes 1703 married elizabeth longueville union celebrated addition decorative joint ornate fine plaster ceiling