Places to see in ( Castle Cary - UK )
Places to see in ( Castle Cary - UK )
Castle Cary is a small market town and civil parish in south Somerset, England, 5 miles north west of Wincanton and 8 miles south of Shepton Mallet. The parish includes the hamlet of Dimmer. The town is situated at the foot of Lodge Hill and on the River Cary, a tributary of the Parrett.
The site of Cary Castle is above the town. It was built either by Walter of Douai or by the following owners, the Perceval family, after the Norman conquest. It was besieged by King Stephen in 1138, and again in 1153. By 1468 the castle had been abandoned in favour of a manor house which was built beside it. The site was excavated in 1890 and demonstrated the foundations of a 24 square metres (258 sq ft) square tower, although only the earthworks are visible today.
The Living History Group is an active group of local amateur historians in the town who have published several books concerning the history of Castle Cary and its personalities. In 1900, for example, Castle Cary cricket club provided five players for the Devon and Somerset Wanderers team that won the only Olympic cricket title. The Cricket Club is to mark its 175th anniversary in 2012, with a celebration of the Castle Cary players who played in 1900, whilst the London Games take place. On 19 June 2004, Castle Cary was granted Fairtrade Village status.
Castle Cary railway station is on the main Reading to Taunton line and the Heart of Wessex line. It is about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the town. Every year around the time of the summer solstice this railway station is used by thousands of festival goers who travel to nearby Worthy Farm for the Glastonbury Festival (about 7 miles from Glastonbury);— a parade of free buses and coaches take ticket holders to and from the festival site. Bus services operate from the town to Yeovil, Shepton Mallet, Street and Wincanton. The town is on the Monarch's Way long-distance footpath.
Attractions in Castle Cary include a small circular eighteenth-century prison called the roundhouse. This is a temporary prison, or village lock-up. It was built in 1779 by Mr WM Clark for £23, from money left to the poor of Castle Cary in 1605. The Market House a grade II* listed building built in 1855 in anticipation of increased trade after the projected arrival of the railway in 1856, by F.C. Penrose. It replaced the former house on the site which had stood since 1616, and incorporating some features from the earlier building. The market house contains the local Castle Cary and District Museum.
Hadspen House is Grade II* Listed manor house outside the town. The original farmhouse was built by William Player between 1687 and 1689; the Hobhouse family acquired the house in 1785 and have owned it ever since. The gardens were restored by the garden writer and designer Penelope Hobhouse in the late 1960s.
The Grade II* listed Top Mill Building at Higher Flax Mills which was built in the 19th century is on the Heritage at Risk register.
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Exploring Castle Cary in Somerset
I am up early in the morning setting out to have a look at the beautiful architecture of the town of Castle Cary in Somerset. I am particularly interested in the roundhouse and the market house, but the church beckons.
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The restoration of Pitzhanger Manor House
Pitzhanger Manor, just a five minute walk from Ealing Broadway station, is currently being restored to its former glory. Once the 19th century manor house of British architect Sir John Soane, it is hoped that the Grade I-listed home of one of Britain’s finest architects will become a popular attraction for all. I spoke to Vivienne Cane-Honeysett, Chair of Walpole Friends and a trustee of Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery Trust, about the history and restoration of Pitzhanger Manor.
The Manor House, an Exclusive Hotel & Golf Club, Castle Combe, Wiltshire, United Kingdom, 5*
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Near Bath, Castle Combe, SN14 7HR, United Kingdom
Description: The Manor House is a stunning 14th-century building set in 365 acres of secluded parkland on the outskirts of Bath. Untouched since the 17th century, the Cotswold village Castle Combe, is home to the definitive country hotel retreat.
The award-winning Michelin starred Bybrook Restaurant has a diverse, imaginative menu while The Woodbury Restaurant at the 18-hole golf club also serves exciting food including snacks. Guests can decide to eat wherever they like at The Manor House and not be confined to restaurant areas. The oak-panelled Full Glass Bar has a relaxing atmosphere.
With 48 individually designed bedrooms, no two rooms are the same. Rooms are luxurious and perfectly combine the traditional with the modern. Each room has luxury toiletries, tea/coffee making facilities and a pillow menu.
There are many things to do at the hotel including putting, tennis, croquet and fly fishing in season. Nearby attractions include Castle Combe Skid Pan 4x4 & Kart Track which is a 5-minute drive away. Bath can be reached in 30 minutes by car and Stonehenge is an hour away.
The Manor House, an Exclusive Hotel & Golf Club, Castle Combe, Wiltshire, United Kingdom, 5 stars hotel
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Fabulous place - we had a junior suite which was a great size and had absolutely everything in it you would need. Lots of hotels don't have any mirrors for ladies with decent light - you could have dim, moody, bright anything - fab! Amazing bathroom with separate walk in shower and bath and dual sinks even accompanied with different toiletries for male and female - nice touch.
Staff very helpful and of the standard you would expect at this hotel. Food excellent too and when I mentioned (jokingly) that there wasn't a choice of chocolate for desert in the restaurant one evening, the immediate response was, chef could make you something if you like. I declined and the desert that I did chose was fab. They also put happy anniversary on the plate. We also had a note in our room personally from the manager to welcome us and wish us a happy anniversary. I had booked two months previously and only noted it on my booking. Again a nice touch.
Would love to go back.
Dinner in the Hotel's own Pub (The Castle Inn) very good. Breakfast in main building excellent.
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We had a suite which was amazing (Paddock)- but we didn't have a view. This did not spoil our visit though.
I really can't think of anything else....
Perhaps a hotel of this stature should have an indoor swimming pool.
Stanway House
Stanway is an outstandingly beautiful example of a Jacobean manor house, owned by Tewkesbury Abbey for 800 years then for 500 years by the Tracy family and their descendants, the Earls of Wemyss who still live there. The house, its fascinating furniture, the jewel-like Gatehouse, the church and 14th-century Tithe Barn, the 18th-century water-garden, the specimen trees and avenues, the surrounding villages, farms, parkland and woodland all subtly combine to create an enclave of very English and almost magical harmony. Thanks to its location, at the foot of the Cotswold escarpment, Stanway has been protected from many changes of the 20th century. Recently it has seen the gradual restoration of the 18th century watergarden, probably designed by the greatest of British landscape gardeners, Charles Bridgeman. The formal Canal, on a terrace above the house, the striking Pyramid and eight ponds have been reinstated, and a single-jet fountain, at 300 feet the highest fountain in Britain and the highest gravity fountain in the world, has been added. For more information visit
Castle Cary Captured In Time
This is an excerpt of a DVD produced by 1st Take. The complete film is available to order at 1st-take.com or by calling 01454 321614. Relax and enjoy a tour of Castle Cary, one of the most beautiful towns in the West Country. Roger Otton, born and bred in the town, explores the history of this Somerset jewel, aided by a selection of nostalgic photographs and illustrations.
Castle Cary's appeal remains untarnished by time, and many of its historical features still adorn the town, including the Horse Pond, the 13th Century George Hotel, All Saints Church, and of course the Round House.
Abandoned Manor House
Built in the 1700s, this Manor house in Oxfordshire was originally a dower house but was extended with the addition of a gothic revival library and a tudor style section to become the manor house it is today. After many years of neglect the house is now mostly in a state of disrepair although the current owners hope to restore the building in the future.
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5029 + 70013 Takes On The Royal Duchy Through Castle Cary 05/04/2009
D1015 'Western Champion' runs light loco through Castle Cary as she dropped off the stock which she hauled from London Paddington to as far as Westbury, then ran light loco to Par. the location for todays movement and charter was Castle Cary, after a very thick foggy morning the sun managed to break through and cast the sun on us as 5029 + 70013 took to the rails. 5029 Nunney Castle & 70013 Oliver Cromwell joined the charter at Westbury.
Headcode - 1Z52
Locomotives - D1015 Western Champion. 5029 Nunney Castle & 70013 Oliver Cromwell
Location - Castle Cary
Date - Sunday 5th April 2009
Bayons Manor, Tealby UK Demolished 1965
Pictures of Bayons Manor, Tealby England demolished back in1965.
Slads Manor - 16th Century Luxury Manor House
Introducing this beautiful 16th Century Manor House near Stroud in the heart of the Gloucestershire countryside, with 14 large, luxury bedrooms sleeping 7 guests comfortably, several cosy sitting rooms, huge grounds and a large outdoor swimming pool with views across the valley.
Places to see in ( Glastonbury - UK )
Places to see in ( Glastonbury - UK )
Glastonbury is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low-lying Somerset Levels, 23 miles south of Bristol. The town of Glastonbury is in the Mendip district. Glastonbury is less than 1 mile (2 km) across the River Brue from Street, which is now larger than Glastonbury.
Evidence from timber trackways such as the Sweet Track show that the town has been inhabited since Neolithic times. Glastonbury Lake Village was an Iron Age village, close to the old course of the River Brue and Sharpham Park approximately 2 miles (3 km) west of Glastonbury, that dates back to the Bronze Age. Centwine was the first Saxon patron of Glastonbury Abbey, which dominated the town for the next 700 years. One of the most important abbeys in England, it was the site of Edmund Ironside's coronation as King of England in 1016. Many of the oldest surviving buildings in the town, including the Tribunal, George Hotel and Pilgrims' Inn and the Somerset Rural Life Museum, which is based in an old tithe barn, are associated with the abbey. The Church of St John the Baptist dates from the 15th century.
The town became a centre for commerce, which led to the construction of the market cross, Glastonbury Canal and the Glastonbury and Street railway station, the largest station on the original Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. The Brue Valley Living Landscape is a conservation project managed by the Somerset Wildlife Trust and nearby is the Ham Wall National Nature Reserve.
Glastonbury has been described as a New Age community which attracts people with New Age and Neopagan beliefs, and is notable for myths and legends often related to Glastonbury Tor, concerning Joseph of Arimathea, the Holy Grail and King Arthur. Joseph is said to have arrived in Glastonbury and stuck his staff into the ground, when it flowered miraculously into the Glastonbury Thorn. The presence of a landscape zodiac around the town has been suggested but no evidence has been discovered. The Glastonbury Festival, held in the nearby village of Pilton, takes its name from the town.
The Tribunal was a medieval merchant's house, used as the Abbey courthouse and, during the Monmouth Rebellion trials, by Judge Jeffreys. The octagonal Market Cross was built in 1846 by Benjamin Ferrey. The George Hotel and Pilgrims' Inn was built in the late 15th century to accommodate visitors to Glastonbury Abbey.
The Somerset Rural Life Museum is a museum of the social and agricultural history of Somerset, housed in buildings surrounding a 14th-century barn once belonging to Glastonbury Abbey. The Chalice Well is a holy well at the foot of the Tor, covered by a wooden well-cover with wrought-iron decoration made in 1919.
Just a short distance from the Chalice Well site, across a road known as Well House Lane, can be found the White Spring, where a temple has been created in the 21st century. The building now used as the White Spring Temple was originally a Victorian-built well house, erected by the local water board in 1872.
The Glastonbury Canal ran just over 14 miles (23 km) through two locks from Glastonbury to Highbridge where it entered the Bristol Channel in the early 19th century. The nearest railway station is at Castle Cary but there is no direct bus route linking it to Glastonbury. There are convenient bus connections between Glastonbury and the railway stations at Bristol Temple Meads (over an hour travelling time) and at Taunton. The main road in the town is the A39 which passes through Glastonbury from Wells connecting the town with Street and the M5 motorway.
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Acton Burnell Castle (England)
Tour of Acton Burnell Castle - 19/10/14
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Acton Burnell Castle is a 13th-century fortified manor house, located near the village of Acton Burnell, Shropshire, England (grid reference SJ534019). It is believed that the first Parliament of England at which the Commons were fully represented was held here in 1283. Today all that remains is the outer shell of the manor house and the gable ends of the barn. It is a Grade I listed building of the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
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Clanville Manor, Shepton Mallet
Clanville Manor, Clanville, Castle Cary, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA7 7PJ, England
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GeorgeJames Properties - Vale Cottage Lower Somerton - Somerset Estate Agents
Vale Cottage is a wonderful detached stone property quietly nestled among woodland in Lower Somerton. The property has been greatly improved and extended by the current owners including the addition wing creating an impressive kitchen and day room with expossed oak roof trusses and wall divider. The cottage is featured in the 2004 'Old Houses of Somerton' where it is claimed the original property dates from the 17th century. Now presented in excellent order throughout with delightful landscaped gardens, ample off road parking and detached double garage.
Services
Mains water, drainage and electricity are connected. Oil fired under floor heating throughout the ground floor.
Situation and Amenities
Situated in Lower Somerton on the eastern outskirts of the town. Somerton was the ancient Capital of Wessex in the 8th century and a former market town. It then later became the County town of Somerset in the 13th/14th Century. There is a good level of amenities including shops, bank, library, doctor and dentist surgeries, there are also several public houses, restaurants, churches and primary schools within the town. A more comprehensive range of amenities can be found in the County town of Taunton to the west or Yeovil to the south. The mainline railway stations are located in Castle Cary, Yeovil and Taunton. The property is also well served by the A303 linking both central London and the South West, the M5 can be joined at junction 23.
Entrance Porch
Entrance door leads to the entrance porch with exposed wooden flooring and built in cloaks cupboard.
Entrance Hall10' 2'' x 8' 11'' (3.10m x 2.71m)
With window to the front, oak floor with under floor heating, under stair storage cupboards and central vacuuming point.
Sitting Room 13' 3'' x 11' 5'' (4.04m x 3.47m)
With window to the front with window seat, oak floor with under floor heating, stone fireplace housing ceramic multi fuel burning stove.
Dining Room 10' 2'' x 10' 0'' (3.11m x 3.06m)
With window to the front with window seat, oak flooring with under floor heating and feature fireplace.
Inner Hall
With glazed door to the rear of the property. Tiled floor and under floor heating, built in cupboard housing oil fired boiler. Central vacuuming point.
Utility 7' 4'' x 5' 3'' (2.24m x 1.6m)
With window to the side, tiled floor with under floor heating, base units with work surfaces over, sink unit with mixer tap, space and plumbing for washing machine. Wall mounted central vacuum cleaner, built in airing cupboard with hot water cylinder and shelving.
WC
With window to the rear, low level WC, sink unit with mixer tap and tiled floor.
Kitchen 10' 5'' x 10' 3'' (3.18m x 3.13m)
The kitchen and day room are both part of a recent extension to the house, with impressive vaulted ceiling with exposed oak roof trusses and divider. With window to side and part glazed door to the rear garden. Solid oak kitchen units with granite work surfaces over, one and a half bowl sink unit with mixer tap. Electric AGA 'Companion' double oven with ceramic electric hob and extractor hood over. Tiled floor with under floor heating and oak door leads to larder cupboard with shelving. Opening to:-
Day Room/Garden Room11' 7'' x 10' 4'' (3.52m x 3.15m)
This comfortable triple aspect room has low sill windows overlooking the garden and neighbouring woodland. Tiled floor with under floor heating, vaulted ceiling with exposed roof trusses.
Bedroom 211' 7'' x 9' 0'' (3.52m x 2.75m)
With window to the front oak floor with under floor heating.
Bathroom11' 7'' x 6' 6'' (3.52m x 1.99m)
With window to the rear, bathroom suite comprising low level WC, wash hand basin and large corner shower cubicle with mains shower. Tied floor with under floor heating, heated towel rails and built in corner cupboards and shelving.
First Floor Bedroom11' 7'' x 10' 8'' (3.53m x 3.24m)
With window to the front and rear, radiator and range of built in wardrobes with inset lighting.
Outside
The gardens are a particularly nice feature of the property, beautifully landscaped with stone terrace to the immediate front of the house with awning and pergola. Raised natural stone flower and shrub beds and path leading to a pedestrian gate and access to the lane. The garden is enclosed with a natural stone wall to one side and open woodland to the other side. There is a lawned garden separated by a path with well stocked flower and shrub beds and gravelled seating area. The path continues through an arbor and gate to the vegetable garden with greenhouse and shed. Steps and gate lead to the parking area and detached double garage with up and over doors and side pedestrian door. Vehicular gates give access to the rear of the property with a useful gravelled parking area.
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Places to see in ( Bruton - UK )
Places to see in ( Bruton - UK )
Bruton is a town in Somerset, southwest England, known for its verdant countryside. On a hill in Jubilee Park, the Dovecote is a former watchtower from the 16th century with views of the town. Hauser & Wirth Somerset, an arts centre in converted farm buildings, hosts modern art exhibitions and seminars. To the east, woodland trails lead to King Alfred’s Tower, a folly commemorating the end of the Seven Years’ War.
Bruton is a small town, electoral ward, and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the River Brue along the A359 between Frome and Yeovil. It is 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Shepton Mallet, just south of Snakelake Hill and Coombe Hill, 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Gillingham and 12 miles (19 km) south-west of Frome in the South Somerset district. The town and electoral ward have a population of 2,907. The parish includes the hamlets of Wyke Champflower and Redlynch.
Bruton has a museum dedicated to the display of items from Bruton's past from the Jurassic geology up to the present day. The museum houses a table used by the author John Steinbeck to write on during his six-month stay in Bruton. The River Brue has a long history of flooding in Bruton. In 1768 the river rose very rapidly and destroyed a stone bridge.
It was the site of Bruton Abbey, a medieval Augustinian priory from which a wall remains in the Plox close to Bow Bridge. The priory was sold after the dissolution of the monasteries to the courtier Sir Maurice Berkeley (died 1581) whose Bruton branch of the Berkeley family converted it into a mansion which was demolished in the late eighteenth century.
The Dovecote which overlooks Bruton was built in the sixteenth century. It was at one time used as a house, possibly as a watchtower and as a dovecote. It is a Grade II* listed building and ancient monument. It is managed by the National Trust. The building was once within the deerpark of the Abbey and was adapted by the monks from a gabled Tudor tower.
Bruton was part of the hundred of Bruton. Bruton is referenced in a well-known English folk song, The Bramble Briar. A very rare copy of an Inspeximus of Magna Carta was discovered in Bruton in the 1950s and claimed by King's School, Bruton. The sale of the school's copy to the Australian National Museum paid for a great deal of the building work at the school.
Much of the town's history is exhibited at the Bruton Museum. The museum is housed in the Dovecote Building, in the town's High Street. The building also contains a tourist information office. The Bruton Museum Society was formed in 1989 and involved the community and local schools in the development of the collection of local artefacts. It was initially housed in the basement of the Co-Op and then in a disused Coach House owned by the National Westminster Bank. The museum moved to its current location in 1999 after it was jointly purchased by South Somerset District Council and Bruton Town Council.
Bruton station lies on the Great Western Main Line (in a section often referred to as the Berks and Hants route) between Westbury and Taunton. This route is the most direct between London (Paddington) and the West Country (ending at Penzance), but is slower due to the geographical nature of the route. The stretch between Westbury and Castle Cary is also part of the Heart of Wessex line served by Great Western Railway services between Bristol Temple Meads and Weymouth.
Work to build the railway line at Bruton Railway Cutting exposed geology of the epoch of the Middle Jurassic. It is one of the best places in England to demonstrate the stratigraphic distinction of ammonites in the subcontractus zone and the morrisi zone.
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Coughton Court English Tudor Country House Warwickshire.
Coughton Court is an English Tudor country house, situated on the main road between Studley and Alcester in Warwickshire. It is a Grade I listed building.
The house has a long crenelated façade directly facing the main road, at the centre of which is the Tudor Gatehouse, dating from 1530; this has hexagonal turrets and oriel windows in the English Renaissance style. The gatehouse is the oldest part of the house and is flanked by later wings, in the Strawberry Hill Gothic style, popularised by Horace Walpole.
The Coughton estate has been owned by the Throckmorton family since 1409. The estate was acquired through marriage to the De Spinney family. Coughton was rebuilt by Sir George Throckmorton, the first son of Sir Robert Throckmorton of Coughton Court by Catherine Marrow, daughter of William Marrow of London. The great gatehouse at Coughton was dedicated to King Henry VIII by Throckmorton, a favorite of the King. Throckmorton would become notorious due to his almost fatal involvement in the divorce between King Henry and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. Throckmorton favoured the queen and was against the Reformation. Throckmorton spent most of his life rebuilding Coughton. In 1549, when he was planning the windows in the great hall, he asked his son Nicholas to obtain from the heralds the correct tricking (colour abbreviations) of the arms of his ancestors' wives and his own cousin and niece by marriage Queen Catherine Parr. The costly recusancy (refusal to attend Anglican Church services) of Robert Throckmorton and his heirs restricted later rebuilding, so that much of the house still stands largely as he left it.
After Throckmorton's death in 1552, Coughton passed to his eldest son, Robert. Robert Throckmorton and his family were practicing Catholics therefore the house at one time contained a priest hole, a hiding place for priests during the period when Catholics were persecuted by law in England, from the beginning of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. The Hall also holds a place in English history for its roles in both the Throckmorton Plot of 1583 to murder Queen Elizabeth I of England, and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, although the Throckmorton family were themselves only indirectly implicated in the latter, when some of the Gunpowder conspirators rode directly there after its discovery.
The house has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1946. The family, however, hold a 300-year lease and previously managed the property on behalf of the Trust. In 2007, however, the house reverted to management by the National Trust. The management of the property is renewed every 10 years. The family tenant until recently was Clare McLaren-Throckmorton, known professionally as Clare Tritton QC, until she died on 31 October 2017.
The house, which is open to the public all year round, is set in extensive grounds including a walled formal garden, a river and a lake.
The house was used as a filming location for the BBC One series Father Brown in the episode The Mask of the Demon.
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House On Christmas Street 2012 Concert
Judy Pancoast sings at one of her mini concerts at Reph's Family Winter Wonderland on Dec 23rd 2012 at 7pm. She sang songs from her album, got the audience involved, Santa was there, Hot Chocolate, Christmas Cookies and fun. She will probably return in 2013 and the information will be posted at rephswinterwonderland.webs.com