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Historic Buildings of Somerset
England
Image right - Lytes Cary Manor
Image Geograph © Copyright Neil Kennedy and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence.
The object of this project is to provide information about historic buildings in the county of Somerset, with links to sub-projects for specific buildings as appropriate. GENi profiles of people associated with those establishments can be linked to this project and/or to individual projects where they have been set up.
See Historic Buildings of Britain and Ireland - Main Page
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Historic houses in alphabetical order
Including Castles, Abbeys, Priories, Manor Houses, Mansions, Stately Homes, Country houses, Estate houses, Courts, Halls, Parks and other listed buildings of historic interest.
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A
● The Abbey, Beckington
● The Abbey, Charlton Adam
● The Abbey, Ditcheat
● Abbotsfield, Wiveliscombe
● Alfoxton House
● Ammerdown House, Kilmersdon
● Ashcombe House
● Ashton Court
● Ashwick Court
● Ashwick House (near Dulverton)
B
● Babington House
● Banwell Castle
● Barford Park
● Barrington Court
● Barton Grange
● Barwick Park
● Bathealton Court
● Beckington Castle
● Blackmoor Farmhouse, Cannington
● Bratton Court
● Brympton d'Evercy
● Burton Pynsent House
C
● Camerton Court
● Cannington Court
● Chapel Cleeve Manor
● Charlton House, Wraxall
● Claverton Manor
● Clevedon Court
● Coker Court
● Combe Hay Manor
● Combe Sydenham
● Cothay Manor
● Cothelstone Manor
● Court House, East Quantoxhead
● Cricket St Thomas
● Crowe Hall
D
● Dillington House
● Dinder House
● Dunster Castle
E
● Earnshill House
● East Lambrook Manor
● Enmore Castle
● Evercreech House in 1891 home of John Davis Sherston JP if Somerset, landowner
F
● Fairfield House, Bath
● Farleigh House
● Farleigh Hungerford Castle
● Fyne Court
G
● Gatcombe
● Gaulden Manor
● Gothelney Manor Farmhouse, Spaxton
● Greenham Barton
● Gurney Manor
H
● Hadspen house and garden
● Halsway Manor
● Halswell House
● Hatch Court
● Hestercombe House
● Hinton House
● Horsington House
● Hymerford House
I
J
K
● Kelson Park The house and gardens of Kelston Park cover an area of approximately 75 hectares (190 acres). The house has been designated as a Grade II● listed building. The garden is Grade II● listed in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. The original manor house was built between 1567 and 1574 by John Harington, MP, of Kelston (c.1517-1582) and was later finished by his son, Sir John Harington. It was intended to be one of the grandest houses in the county.
L
● Leigh Court
● Lions House, Bridgwater
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Lytes Cary Manor
Image Geograph © Copyright Neil Kennedy and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence.
Medieval manor house, originally the family home of Henry Lyte, where he translated the unique Niewe Herbal book on herbal remedies, Lytes Cary was then lovingly restored in the 20th century by Sir Walter Jenner.
See WIKI Sir Anthony Ashley 1st Baronet
M
● Manor House, West Coker
● Marshal Wade's House
● Marston Bigot
● Maunsel House
● Mells Manor
● Midelney Manor
● Midford Castle
● Montacute House
N
● Nailsea Court
● Naish Priory
● Nettlecombe Court
● Newton Park
● Newton Surmaville
● North Cadbury Court
● Nynehead Court
O
● The Old Manor, Croscombe
● Orchardleigh Estate
● Orchard Wyndham
● Over Langford Manor
P
● Petherton Park
● Pixton Park
● Poundisford Park
● Prior Park
Q
● Quantock Lodge
R
● Ralph Allen's Town House, Bath
● Robin Hood's Hut
S
● Sandhill Park
● Saltford Manor House
● Seymours Court Farmhouse, Beckington
● Shanks House
● Shockerwick House
● Simonsbath House
● Southill House, Cranmore
● St Audries Park
● St Catherine's Court
● Stoberry Park birthplace of John Davis Sherston in 1829.
● Stoke sub Hamdon Priory
● Ston Easton Park
● Sutton Court
T
● Tintinhull Court
● Tone Dale House
● Treasurer's House
● The Tribunal, Glastonbury
● Tudor House, Langport
● Tyntesfield
U-V
● Ven House
W
● Walton Castle
● Wayford Manor House
● Westcombe House
● Whitestaunton Manor
● Widcombe Manor House
● Wigborough Manor House
● Woodspring Priory
X-Y-Z
References and Sources
Somerset Specific
- Somerset Houses
- Stately homes, castles and gardens to visit in Somerset
- Stately Homes - Somerset and Bristol
General
- Stravaiging.com
- Secret Scotland
- Canmore
- Historic Scotland
- National Trust
- English Heritage
- WIKI List of country houses in the UK
- Britain's Finest
- Britain Express
- Lankdmark Trust
- Historic Houses Association - represents 1,500 houses in the UK
- Hudson's Historic Houses and Gardens - UK - guidebook of over 2,000 houses open to the public
- The DiCamillo Companion to British & Irish Country Houses - database of over 7,000 houses
- Lost Heritage - A Memorial to the Lost Country Houses of England - list of over 1,700 houses
- National Trust for Historic Preservation - online database of historic houses in the United States
- WIKI Historic Houses Association
- Historic Houses Association
- WIKI Treasure Houses of England
- List of country houses in the United Kingdom
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