Ardington
Ardington is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3 km) east of Wantage in the Vale of White Horse.The ancient path of the Ridgeway runs through the southern part of the parish, along the North Wessex Downs AONB section of the route.[4] Ardington House was built for Edward Clarke in 1721 and has three tall storeys and seven window bays in breadth, not being deep, almost rectangular.It has small wings without bays to each side (alternatively the entire front range can be described as projecting) topped by a classical triangular pediment framing a weathered mid-19th century coat of arms in stone (cartouche).Its windows and central door are faced in complementary coloured brickwork dressings to its general grey brick façade.