Hutchinson’s Pocket Guide for Hampshire and the Isle Of Wight, Wiltshire and Dorset, published in 1939, mentions:
Fonthill Abbey, a few miles to the north between Tisbury and Hindon, was built by William Beckford about 1796, at a cost of over £250,000. Later he disposed of the property to the second Marquis of Westminster, who erected a second house on the same site.