Lake, Wiltshire
| Lake | |
| Wiltshire | |
|---|---|
 Lake House | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU133389 |
| Location: | 51°8’60"N, 1°48’36"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Salisbury |
| Postcode: | SP4 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Wiltshire |
Lake is a tiny village on the west bank of the River Avon in Wiltshire, two miles south-west of Amesbury. Wilsford is half a mile to the north and Great Durnford less than that to the south-east, though separated by the unbridged river.
The village is within the rolling landscape of Salisbury Plain, in the steep cut the Avon makes through the downland. This is a landscape rich in prehistoric monuments, just a few miles south of Stonehenge (and within the Stonehenge World Heritage Site). On Normanton Down above Lake are features including include a Neolithic long barrow and some forty Bronze Age round barrows
Lake House stands at the southern edge of the village, dating from 1578; a Grade I listed building with a Grade II listed gardens. The house was built for George Duke, a clothier, and remained in the Duke family until 1897. Restoration was carried out by Detmar Blow at that time, and again after 1912 following a major fire.