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Glastonbury Tor is a prominent hill overlooking the Isle of Avalon, Glastonbury and the Somerset Levels. The dramatic and evocative Tor dominates the surrounding countryside and offers spectacular views over Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire. At t...
Jekyll-inspired garden, working kitchen garden and Tudor manor house. The enchanting formal garden, influenced by Gertrude Jekyll, is laid out in a series of walled rooms, including the White Garden, the Rose and Iris Garden and the Lily Garden. The ...
Elegant public rooms at the heart of fashionable 18th-century Bath life. Designed by John Wood the Younger in 1769, at a time when Bath and its spa were becoming fashionable among polite society, the Assembly Rooms were both a meeting place and a ven...
Promontory of land with dramatic cliffs and Victorian fort. Brean Down, rich in wildlife and history, is one of the most striking landmarks of the Somerset coastline, extending 1
MANOR, HOUSE is an outstanding 14th-century manor house and 18th-century terraced garden. The house was built by Sir John de Clevedon in c.1320, incorporating parts of a massive 13th-century tower and great hall. Much of the original building is stil...
Home of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Coleridge lived in the cottage for three years from 1797, and there are mementoes of the poet on display. It was here that he wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, part of Christabel, Frost ...
Ancient castle with fine interiors and sub-tropical gardens. Dramatically sited on a wooded hill, a castle has existed here since at least Norman times. The 15th-century gatehouse survives, and the present building was remodelled in 1868-72 by Antony...
Fully restored watermill. Built on the site of a mill mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1086, the present mill dates from the 18th century and was restored to working order in 1979....
Nature reserve and visitor centre. Formerly the pleasure grounds of the now partly demolished home of the pioneer electrician Andrew Crosse (1784-1855), this nature reserve is leased by the Somerset Wildlife Trust and contains a visitor centre for th...
Diverse landscape of moor, woods, farms and coast, rich in wildlife. The Holnicote Estate covers 5,052 hectares (12,500 acres) of Exmoor National Park and includes the high tors of Dunkery and Selworthy Beacons, with breathtaking views in all directi...
Wool-merchant's house of c.1500. The early Tudor timber-framed house was extensively restored in 1971....
Intimate manor house with walled gardens and estate. The house with its 14th-century chapel and 15th-century Great Hall was much added to in the 16th century. In the 20th century it was rescued from dereliction by Sir Walter Jenner who refurnished th...
Montacute House is a magnificent, glittering mansion, built in the late 16th century for Sir Edward Phelips. There are many renaissance features, and the Long Gallery, the longest of its kind in England, displays over 60 of the finest Tudor and Eliza...
Late medieval hall house in a picturesque village. The house was built by Muchelney Abbey in 1308 for the parish priest and has been little altered since the hall was divided in the early 17th century. Interesting features include the Gothic doorway,...
Beautiful and intimate 18th-century landscape garden. Created by local entrepreneur and philanthropist Ralph Allen, with advice from both the pioneer of landscape gardens the poet Alexander Pope and 'Capability' Brown, the garden is set in a sweeping...
The last remaining thatched windmill in England. Dating from 1822 and in use until 1910, the mill is prominently situated overlooking the Somerset Levels....
14th/15th-century farm buildings, formerly a priests' residence. The priests who lived here served the Chapel of St Nicholas (now destroyed). The Great Hall is open to visitors....
Delightful formal garden. Created last century around a 17th-century manor house, the garden features small pools, varied borders and secluded lawns, all neatly enclosed within walls and clipped hedges. There is also an attractive kitchen garden....
Small medieval house. The Great Hall was completed in 1293 and the solar block, with an interesting wall painting, is even earlier. There is also a kitchen added in the 15th century....
15th-century barn. Repaired and given to the Trust by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings in 1938, the barn has five bays and a roof of interesting construction....
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