Historic Houses in Somerset

Clevedon Court is a picturesque 14th century manor house based around a much earlier tower and great hall. The house was begun at least as early as 1320, though much altered by later generations of owners.
Tickenham Road, Clevedon, Somerset, England, BS21 6QU

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Heritage Highlight: Largely intact medieval great hall

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Combe Sydenham Hall is an Elizabethan manor house built in 1580 by Sir George Sydenham, located in a secluded setting in a quiet valley of the Brendon Hills near Stogumber. The house was rebuilt and slightly reduced in size in 1660.
Monksilver, Stogumber, Somerset, England, TA4 4JG

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Cothelstone Manor has a history going back to the Saxon era but the present manor house was built in the early 17th century. The house was heavily damaged by Parliament during the Civil War and spent two centuries as a farmhouse before being restored. Within the grounds are a superb Tudor gatehouse and a gateway where the infamous Judge Jeffreys hanged prisoners during his Bloody Assizes.
Cothelstone Road, Cothelstone, Somerset, England, TA4 3DS

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Heritage Highlight: Ornate Grade I listed 16th-century gatehouse

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Fairfield is a medieval manor house and the family home of the Acland-Hood family for over eight centuries. The first manor house was built as early as 1166. The house has passed numerous times through the female line, so the family name of the owners has changed from Russell to Vernai (Verney), Palmer, Acland, and finally, Acland-Hood.
Stogursey, Bridgwater, Somerset, England, TA5 1PU

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A former monastic house, expanded by one of Cromwell's aides in 1649, and set in beautiful award-winning gardens.
Chard, Somerset, England, TA20 4LU

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Kings Weston is a delightful small manor on the outskirts of Bristol, built in 1710 by Sir John Vanbrugh, architect of Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard, for Edward Southwell. Vanbrugh's design replaced a smaller 16th-century house on the site. The house is set in 28 acres of parkland.
Kings Weston Lane, Kings Weston, Bristol, Somerset, England, BS11 0UR

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Heritage Highlight: Unique suspended staircase in the Great Hall

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Lytes Cary is a picturesque 15th-century manor set in a glorious garden. The manor was the birthplace and home of the Elizabethan herbalist Henry Lyte, whose 1578 compendium 'Lyte's Herbal' was one of the most influential books on the natural world ever printed. The borders of the garden that surround the house are based on the illustrations of Lytes Herbal.
Kingsdon, Somerton, Somerset, England, TA11 7HU

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Montacute House is an E-shaped Elizabethan mansion built of warm-coloured Ham Hill stone. The interior is sparse furnished, but the long gallery (172 feet) houses over 100 portraits from the National Portrait Gallery. The Tudor exterior is one of the most impressive in England, and includes the west front, which was imported whole from another Tudor house in the 18th century.
Montacute, Somerset, England, TA15 6XP

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Tyntesfield is an 1864 Gothic Revival mansion housing an impressive collection of Victorian decorative arts and a private chapel. There are a working kitchen garden and formal gardens on the 500-acre estate surrounding the house.
Wraxall, Somerset, England, BS48 1NX

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