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List of National Trust properties in Somerset

January 01, 1970

The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty (informally known as the National Trust) owns or manages a range of properties in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. These range from sites of Iron and Bronze Age occupations including Brean Down, Cadbury Camp[1] and Cheddar Gorge to Elizabethan and Victorian era mansions, which include examples such as Montacute House and Tyntesfield.[2] Some of the smaller properties include Coleridge Cottage and Stembridge Mill, the last remaining thatched windmill in England.[3]

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National Trust properties in Somerset

Somerset consists of a non-metropolitan county, administered by Somerset County Council, which is divided into five districts, and two unitary authorities. The districts of Somerset are West Somerset, South Somerset, Taunton Deane, Mendip and Sedgemoor. North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset historically came under Somerset County Council. In 1974 they became part of county of Avon, and in 1996 they became administratively independent when Avon was broken up into unitary authorities.[4]

Many of the buildings included in the list are listed buildings or scheduled monuments. Listed status refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical, or cultural significance; Grade I structures are those considered to be "buildings of exceptional interest".[5] Listing was begun by a provision in the Town and Country Planning Act 1947. A scheduled monument is a "nationally important" archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change. Scheduled Monuments are specified in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, which defines a monument as:

Any building, structure or work above or below the surface of the land, any cave or excavation; any site comprising the remains of any such building, structure or work or any cave or excavation; and any site comprising or comprising the remains of any vehicle, vessel or aircraft or other movable structure or part thereof ...

— (Section 61 (7)).[6]

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List of National Trust properties in Somerset
Site Name
Alternative name(s) 		Constructed Scheduling Number Listed building grade Location or parish Image Description
Barrington Court 1550s – I[7] Barrington
50°57′42″N 2°51′36″W / 50.9616°N 2.8599°W / 50.9616; -2.8599 (Barrington Court) 		  Barrington Court is a Tudor manor house begun around 1538 and completed in the late 1550s, with a vernacular 17th century stable court. After repair by Alfred Hoare Powell, it was the first house acquired by the National Trust, in 1907, on the recommendation of the antiquarian Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley.[8] In the 1920s the house was renovated, the stable block turned into a residence and several outbuildings, gardens and gateways constructed. The surrounding medieval deerpark and 17th century formal garden had largely disappeared until a new garden was laid out by Gertrude Jekyll in an Arts and Crafts-style in the first half of the 20th century.[9]
Bath Assembly Rooms 1769–1771 – I[10] Bath
51°23′12″N 2°21′49″W / 51.3866°N 2.3636°W / 51.3866; -2.3636 (Bath Assembly Rooms) 		  The Bath Assembly Rooms, designed by John Wood, the Younger, in 1769,[11] are a set of elegant assembly rooms located in the heart of the World Heritage City of Bath which are now open to the public. There are four main function rooms in the complex: the 100-foot-long (30 m) ballroom — the largest Georgian interior in Bath; the tea room; the card room; and the octagon.[12]
Brean Down – 1008211[13] – Mendip Hills
51°19′31″N 3°01′36″W / 51.3254°N 3.0266°W / 51.3254; -3.0266 (Brean Down) 		  Brean Down is a promontory from the coast standing 320 feet (98 m) high and extending 1.5 miles (2 km) into the Bristol Channel at the eastern end of Bridgwater Bay between Weston-super-Mare and Burnham-on-Sea. Made of Carboniferous Limestone, it is a continuation of the Mendip Hills and has exposed steep cliffs. It is rich in wildlife, history and archaeology. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.[14] The earliest recorded settlement is from the Early to Middle Bronze Age. Brean Down Fort was built in 1865 as one of the Palmerston Forts to provide protection to the ports of the Bristol Channel.[15] The fort was decommissioned in 1901.[16] During World War II it was rearmed and used for experimental weapons testing. The site has been owned by the National Trust since 2002 after which they instituted a £431,000 renovation project.[17]
Bruton Dovecote 16th century 50820[18] II*[19] Bruton
51°06′29″N 2°27′11″W / 51.1081°N 2.4531°W / 51.1081; -2.4531 (Bruton Dovecote) 		  The Bruton Dovecote was built in the 16th century. It was at one time used as a house, possibly as a watchtower and as a dovecote. The building was once within the deerpark of Bruton Abbey and was adapted by the monks from a gabled Tudor tower.[20] The conversion to be a dovecote took place around 1780.[21] It has over 200 pigeon holes.[22] The square tower was built of local stone with Doulting stone dressings. Although it is now a roofless ruin and some of the windows have been blocked up, it previously had a chimney and the fireplace can still be seen.[19] The National Trust acquired the freehold from Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare of the Hoare baronets whose family seat was at Stourhead, in 1915.[23]
Burrow Mump – – II*[24] Burrowbridge
51°04′06″N 2°55′14″W / 51.0684°N 2.9205°W / 51.0684; -2.9205 (Burrow Mump) 		  Burrow Mump is a hill and historic site overlooking Southlake Moor in the village of Burrowbridge. Burrow Mump is also known as St Michael's Borough or Tutteyate. The hill and ruined roofless nave, with the remains of the porch and some window openings, were presented, in 1946, by Major Alexander Gould Barrett, to the National Trust and serve as a memorial to the 11,281 Somerset men who lost their lives during the first and second world wars.[25][26]
Cadbury Camp – 195367[27] – Tickenham
51°26′47″N 2°47′17″W / 51.4463°N 2.7880°W / 51.4463; -2.7880 (Cadbury Camp) 		  Cadbury Camp is an Iron Age hill fort.[28] Local legends associate it with Arthurian England and Camelot, though these may be due to confusion with the better-known Cadbury Castle, near South Cadbury, some 50 miles (80 km) to the south. The hill fort is well preserved, and is managed by the National Trust.[1]
Cheddar Gorge – – – Cheddar
51°16′58″N 2°46′00″W / 51.2829°N 2.7668°W / 51.2829; -2.7668 (Cheddar Gorge) 		  Cheddar Gorge is a limestone gorge in the Mendip Hills.[29] The gorge is the site of the Gough's Cave, where Britain's oldest complete human skeleton, Cheddar Man, estimated to be over 9,000 years old, was found in 1903.[30] Older remains from the Upper Late Palaeolithic era (12,000–13,000 years ago) have been found.[31] The caves, produced by the activity of an underground river, the Cheddar Yeo, contain stalactites and stalagmites. Cheddar Gorge, including the caves and other attractions, has become a tourist destination attracting about 500,000 visitors per year.[32]
Clevedon Court 14th century – I[33] Clevedon
51°26′27″N 2°50′01″W / 51.4407°N 2.8335°W / 51.4407; -2.8335 (Clevedon Court) 		  Clevedon Court is a manor house, dating from the early 14th century.[34] The great hall and chapel block are the earliest surviving parts of the structure with the west wing being added around 1570, when the windows and decoration of the rest of the building were changed. Further construction and adaptation was undertaken in the 18th century when it was owned by the Elton baronets.[35] The house was acquired by the nation and was given to the National Trust in part-payment for death duties in 1960. The Elton family is still resident in the house, which is now open to the public. In addition to the main house, the grounds include a selection of walls and outbuildings, some of which date back to the 13th century. The gardens are listed (Grade II*) on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England.[36]
Coleridge Cottage 17th century – II*[37] Nether Stowey
51°09′08″N 3°09′13″W / 51.1521°N 3.1537°W / 51.1521; -3.1537 (Coleridge Cottage) 		  Coleridge Cottage is a cottage constructed in the 17th century. It contains a parlour, kitchen and service room on the ground floor and three bed chambers above.[38] The poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge lived at the cottage for three years from 1797 while writing This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, part of Christabel, and Frost at Midnight.[39] The cottage was refurbished in 1800. Having served for many years as 'Moore's Coleridge Cottage Inn',[40] the building was acquired for the nation in 1908, and the following year it was handed over to the National Trust.[41] In 2011 the Friends of Coleridge and the National Trust carried out redevelopment of the site.[42]
Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill – – – Mendip Hills
51°17′43″N 2°52′53″W / 51.2952°N 2.8814°W / 51.2952; -2.8814 (Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill) 		  Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill is a 332.2 hectares (821 acres) geological and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the western end of the Mendip Hills, notified in 1952. Shute Shelve Hill, which is formed of Carboniferous Limestone laid down in the Lower Carboniferous period about 350 million years ago, rises to 233 metres (764 ft) above sea level.[43] The site extends for some 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from west to east. This site comprises a wide range of habitats which includes ancient and secondary semi-natural broadleaved woodland, unimproved calcareous grassland and a complex mosaic of calcareous grassland and acidic dry dwarf-shrub heath. There are cave deposits of interest at the southern end of Crook Peak. Picken's Hole is of considerable importance because of its clear, well-stratified sequence of deposits and faunas, all dating from within the last Ice Age.[44]
Dolebury Warren – – – Churchill/Rowberrow
51°19′39″N 2°47′01″W / 51.32747°N 2.78358°W / 51.32747; -2.78358 (Dolebury Warren) 		  Dolebury Warren is a 90.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) near the villages of Churchill and Rowberrow in North Somerset, notified in 1952.[45] It is owned by the National Trust, who acquired the freehold in 1983 and managed by the Avon Wildlife Trust.[23][46] There is evidence of occupation of the site during the Iron Age and as a medieval/post medieval rabbit warren.[47]
Dovecot at Blackford Farm 11th century 1345406[48] II*[48] Selworthy
51°11′48″N 3°32′25″W / 51.1967°N 3.5403°W / 51.1967; -3.5403 (Dovecot at Blackford Farm) 		  The Dovecot At Blackford Farm was built in the 11th century. It was attached to a mansion house which burnt down in 1875.[49] The dovecote which forms part of the property of the Holnicote Estate, was donated to the National Trust by Sir Richard Thomas Dyke Acland, 15th Baronet in 1944.[50]
Dunster Castle 11th century – I[51] Dunster
51°10′49″N 3°26′37″W / 51.1804°N 3.4437°W / 51.1804; -3.4437 (Dunster Castle) 		  Dunster Castle is a former motte-and-bailey castle, now a country house. The castle lies on the top of a steep hill called the Tor, which has been fortified since the late Anglo-Saxon period. After the Norman conquest of England in the 11th century, William de Mohun constructed a timber castle on the site as part of the pacification of Somerset. A stone shell keep was built on the motte by the start of the 12th century. At the end of the 14th century the de Mohuns sold the castle to the Luttrell family, who continued to occupy the property until the late 20th century.[52] The medieval castle walls were mostly destroyed following a siege at the end of the English Civil War. In the 1860s and 1870s, the architect Anthony Salvin was employed to remodel the castle to fit Victorian tastes. Following the death of Alexander Luttrell in 1944, the family was unable to afford the death duties on his estate and sold the castle and surrounding lands. The Luttrells bought back the castle in 1954, but in 1976 Colonel Walter Luttrell gave it and most of its contents to the National Trust.[53]
Dunster Working Watermill c. 1780 – II[54] Dunster
51°10′57″N 3°26′45″W / 51.1825°N 3.4459°W / 51.1825; -3.4459 (Dunster Castle) 		  The Working Watermill (also known as Castle Mill) is a restored 18th century watermill, situated on the River Avill, in the grounds of Dunster Castle. The present mill, which was built around 1780, is on the site of a mill mentioned in the Domesday Book.[55] It was restored to working order in 1979. The mill is still used to grind wheat flour.[56]
Ebbor Gorge – – – Mendip Hills
51°14′02″N 2°40′55″W / 51.234°N 2.682°W / 51.234; -2.682 (Ebbor Gorge) 		  Ebbor Gorge is a limestone gorge in the Mendip Hills, close to Wells. It was designated as a 63.5-hectare (157-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1952. A 40-hectare (99-acre) area of the gorge is owned by the National Trust, and managed by Natural England as a national nature reserve.[57][58] There are three marked trails of varying lengths around the steeply wooded gorge. Various caves within the gorge were inhabited by neolithic people. The site is close to Wookey Hole village and caves and offers views across the Somerset Levels to Glastonbury Tor and beyond. The land was donated to the National Trust by Mrs G.W. Hodkinson in memory of Winston Churchill.[59]
Fyne Court – – – Broomfield
51°04′50″N 3°06′51″W / 51.0806°N 3.1143°W / 51.0806; -3.1143 (Fyne Court) 		  Fyne Court is a nature reserve set in parkland which was originally the pleasure grounds of a large house belonging to pioneer 19th century electrician, Andrew Crosse, whose family had owned the house from its construction.[60] The house burnt down in 1898.[61][62] Fyne Court has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1967 and was used as the headquarters of the Somerset Wildlife Trust.[63] The Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Service have their headquarters in the grounds. Much of the landscaping, including an arboretum laid out in 1780, has become overgrown and now provides varied habitats including broadleaved woodland, ponds and meadows grazed by highland cattle.[64] The site is home to over 100 species of fungi and some rare invertebrates.[63]
Glastonbury Tor – 196702[65] – Glastonbury
51°08′36″N 2°41′57″W / 51.1433°N 2.6992°W / 51.1433; -2.6992 (Glastonbury Tor) 		  Glastonbury Tor is a hill which features the roofless St. Michael's Tower.[66] The Tor has a striking location in the middle of a plain called the Summerland Meadows, part of the Somerset Levels. The plain is actually reclaimed fenland out of which the Tor once rose like an island but now is a peninsula washed on three sides by the River Brue. The remains of Glastonbury Lake Village nearby were identified in 1892, showing that there was an Iron Age settlement about 300–200 BC on what was an easily defended island in the fens.[67][68] Earthworks and Roman remains prove later occupation.[69] The spot seems to have been called Ynys yr Afalon (meaning "The Isle of Avalon") by the Britons, and it is believed by some to be the Avalon of Arthurian legend.[70]
Holnicote Estate – – – Exmoor
51°12′22″N 3°33′43″W / 51.206°N 3.562°W / 51.206; -3.562 (Holnicote Estate) 		  The Holnicote Estate (/ˈhʌnɪˌkʌt/) is a property consisting of 5,026 hectares (12,420 acres) of Exmoor National Park situated in West Somerset. The property was donated to the National Trust in 1944 by Sir Richard Thomas Dyke Acland, 15th Baronet; it had been in the Acland family since 1745.[71] Holnicote Estate contains more than 240 kilometres (150 mi) of footpaths and bridleways. It includes Dunkery Beacon (part of which is Dunkery and Horner Wood National Nature Reserve) and Selworthy Beacon, and the villages and hamlets of Selworthy, Allerford, Bossington, Horner and Luccombe.[72]
King Alfred's Tower 1772 – I[73] Brewham
51°06′54″N 2°21′54″W / 51.115°N 2.365°W / 51.115; -2.365 (King Alfred's Tower) 		  King Alfred's Tower or The Folly of King Alfred the Great was built as part of the Stourhead estate and landscape. The project to build the tower was conceived in 1762 by the banker Henry Hoare II (1705–1785).[74] The tower was also intended to commemorate the end of the Seven Years' War against France and the accession of King George III.[75] The tower was designed in 1765 by Henry Flitcroft and was completed in 1772 at an estimated cost of between £5,000 and £6,000. The tower is 49 metres (161 ft) high, and is triangular in plan, with round projections at each of the three corners.[73]
King John's Hunting Lodge c. 1500 – II*[76] Axbridge
51°17′14″N 2°49′07″W / 51.2872°N 2.8185°W / 51.2872; -2.8185 (King John's Hunting Lodge) 		  King John's Hunting Lodge is a wool-merchant's house of around 1500 in Axbridge. The building comprised shops on the ground floor, living areas and workshops on the first floor, and storage and sleeping areas on the second floor. It was saved from probable destruction thanks to a Miss Ripley, who bought it and bequeathed it to the National Trust, which undertook the works necessary to make it fit for visitors. In overhauling the structure of the premises in 1971, the National Trust restored its medieval character by recreating on the ground floor the appearance of arcaded stalls opening onto the street, and the sixteenth-century decoration of the upstairs windows.[77][78] The property is run as a local history museum by Axbridge and District Museum Trust with support from Somerset County Museums Service and Axbridge Archaeological and Local History Society.[79]
Leigh Woods National Nature Reserve – – – Long Ashton
51°27′47″N 2°38′21″W / 51.4631°N 2.6392°W / 51.4631; -2.6392 (Leigh Woods) 		  Leigh Woods is a 2 square kilometre (490 acre) area of woodland on the south-west side of the Avon Gorge, opposite the English city of Bristol and north of the Ashton Court estate. It is a national nature reserve.[80] Small mountain biking circuits are present in the woods and the area is a popular walking area for Bristolians. Part of the woodland was donated to the National Trust in 1909 by George Alfred Wills,[81] to prevent development of the city beside the gorge. Areas not owned by the National Trust have since been taken over by the Forestry Commission.[82]
Lytes Cary 14th and 15th century – I[83] Charlton Mackrell
51°02′09″N 2°40′04″W / 51.0358°N 2.6677°W / 51.0358; -2.6677 (Lytes Cary) 		  Lytes Cary is a manor house with associated chapel and gardens. The property has parts dating to the 14th century, with other sections dating to the 15th, 16th, 18th, and 20th centuries.[84] "Yet all parts blend to perfection with one another and with the gentle sunny landscape that surrounds them," comments Nikolaus Pevsner.[85] The chapel predates the existing house, and functioned as a chantry chapel, where masses could be said for the souls of the family, both living and dead. The gardens are listed as Grade II on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England.[86]
Montacute House 1598 1252021[87] I[88] Montacute
50°57′09″N 2°42′58″W / 50.9524°N 2.716°W / 50.9524; -2.716 (Montacute House) 		  Montacute House is a late Elizabethan country house, a textbook example of English architecture during a period that was moving from the medieval Gothic to the Renaissance Classical, and one of the finest houses to survive from the Elizabethan era.[89] It was visited by 119,590 people in 2011.[90] Designed by an unknown architect, the three-floored mansion, constructed of the local Ham Hill stone, was built in about 1598 by Sir Edward Phelips, Master of the Rolls; his descendants occupied the house until the early 20th century.[91] Following a brief period when the house was let to tenants, it was acquired by the National Trust in 1927. Since 1975, the mansion's Long Gallery, the longest in England, has served as a regional outpost of the National Portrait Gallery.[92]
The Priest's House, Muchelney 1308 – II[93] Muchelney
51°01′16″N 2°48′55″W / 51.0211°N 2.8152°W / 51.0211; -2.8152 (Priest's House) 		  The Priest's House was built by Muchelney Abbey in 1308 for the parish priest[94] and incorporates a Gothic doorway, tracery windows and a 15th-century fireplace. The building was said to be "ruinous" in 1608. It was used by the vicar or curate until around 1840, when the house was used as a cellar and later as a school; in the late 19th century it was rented by a farmer. The building, which was acquired by the National Trust in 1911, is rented to a tenant who provides limited access to the public.[95][96]
Prior Park Landscape Garden 18th century 1004514[97][98] I(Palladian bridge)[99] Bath
51°22′02″N 2°20′37″W / 51.3672°N 2.3437°W / 51.3672; -2.3437 (Prior Park Landscape Garden) 		  Prior Park Landscape Garden is an 18th-century landscape garden, designed by the poet Alexander Pope and the landscape gardener Capability Brown. It is south of Bath. The garden was influential in defining the style of garden known as the "English garden" in continental Europe. Prior Park was created by local entrepreneur and philanthropist Ralph Allen[100] from about 1734 until his death in 1764.[101] The 28 acre (113,000 m2) landscape garden is set in a site running down a small steep valley, with views of the city of Bath. Its many interesting features include a Palladian bridge (one of only 4 left in the world), Gothic temple, gravel cabinet, Mrs Allen's Grotto, and three lakes plus a serpentine lake.[102]
Sand Point and Middle Hope – – – Near Kewstoke
51°23′27″N 2°58′17″W / 51.3908°N 2.9715°W / 51.3908; -2.9715 (Sand Point and Middle Hope) 		  Sand Point is the peninsula stretching out from Middle Hope, an 84.1 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest.[103] At Middle Hope a sequence of Carboniferous Limestone, and includes limestones, thick volcanic tufts and lavas are exposed. The site contains a Pleistocene aged fossil cliff and shore platform.[104] Among scarce plants found on Sand Point are Smallflower Buttercup, and Honewort. The calcareous grassland is dominated by Festuca species and Dactylis glomerata, while the scrub towards the west of the site is dominated by Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) and Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), while that to the east consists of Common Gorse (Ulex europaeus) and Bramble (Rubus fruticosus agg).[104]
Solsbury Hill – – – Batheaston
51°24′36″N 2°20′03″W / 51.41°N 2.3342°W / 51.41; -2.3342 (Solsbury Hill) 		  Little Solsbury Hill (more commonly known as Solsbury Hill) is a small flat-topped hill and the site of an Iron Age hill fort. It is located above the village of Batheaston. The hill rises to 625 feet (191 m)[105] above the River Avon which is just over 1 mile (2 km) to the south. It is within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It gives impressive views of the city of Bath and the surrounding area. It was acquired by the National Trust in 1930.[23] The hill was the inspiration for the 1977 song 'Solsbury Hill' by Peter Gabriel.[106]
Stembridge Mill 1822 – II*[107] High Ham
51°04′35″N 2°49′13″W / 51.0765°N 2.8203°W / 51.0765; -2.8203 (Stembridge Mill) 		  Stembridge Tower Mill is the last remaining thatched windmill in England.[108][109] Stembridge Mill was constructed in 1822, including parts from the earlier Ham Mill which stood nearby,[110] with a 26 feet (7.9 m) high tower on an old mill mound.[111] It was damaged by storms and left running via steam by 1897/8 and last used commercially in 1910. In 1969 Professor H. H. Bellot left the windmill, cottage and garden to the National Trust in his will. The mill has four floors, a thatched cap and is constructed of local limestone known in the area as Blue Lias.[112] The mill is owned by The National Trust and underwent a £100,000 restoration by local craftsmen funded by the Grantscape Community Heritage Fund in 2009 and was re-opened later in the year.[113]
Stoke sub Hamdon Priory
Parsonage Farm 		14th century 1020665[114] I[115] Stoke-sub-Hamdon
50°57′16″N 2°44′56″W / 50.9545°N 2.7488°W / 50.9545; -2.7488 (Stembridge Mill) 		  Stoke sub Hamdon Priory (which is also known as Parsonage Farm)[116] is a 14th-century former priest's house of the chantry chapel of St Nicholas.[117] The Ham stone building was originally the Provost's Lodging, part of the College Buildings of the Beauchamp Chantry. Before 1304 it may have been the rector's house. After 1518 it became a farm, known as Parsonage Farmhouse, which it remained until around 1960. The priory has been owned by the National Trust since 1946.[118]
Tintinhull Garden early 20th century – I[119] Tintinhull
50°58′28″N 2°42′26″W / 50.9744°N 2.7072°W / 50.9744; -2.7072 (Tintinhull Garden) 		  Tintinhull Garden is a small 20th century Arts and Crafts garden surrounding a 17th-century house. Tintinhull House was built of Hamstone, being reshaped in the early 18th century. The house was the property of the Napper family (who also owned Tintinhull Court) by 1630, and was passed down in the family until they sold it sometime after 1814.[119][120] The garden layout, with areas separated by walls and hedges, was developed in the early 20th century, and expanded and planted starting in 1933 by Phyllis Reiss in a "Hidcote" style. In 1954 Reiss gave the house and garden to the National Trust, but continued to live in the house and care for the garden until her death in 1961. From then on, the Trust let the house to a variety of tenants, including the garden designer and writer Penelope Hobhouse and her husband Professor John Malins from 1980 to 1993. The gardens are included in the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England and feature small pools and an azelea garden.[121]
Treasurer's House 13th century – I[122] Martock   The Treasurer's House is a medieval priest's house built from Hamstone during the 13th century, with various extensions and alterations since. The Great Hall was completed in 1293 and there is an even earlier Solar Block with an interesting wall painting.[123]
Tyntesfield 1860s – I[124] Wraxall
51°26′25″N 2°42′49″W / 51.4403°N 2.7135°W / 51.4403; -2.7135 (Tyntesfield) 		  Tyntesfield is a Victorian Gothic Revival estate. It is named after the Tynte baronets who had owned estates in the area since around 1500. It was the site of a 16th-century hunting lodge which was used as a farmhouse until the early 19th century. In the 1830s a Georgian mansion was built on the site, which was bought by William Gibbs.[2] In the 1860s he had the house significantly expanded and remodelled, with a chapel being added in the 1870s. The Gibbs family owned the house until the death in 2001 of George Gibbs (known as Richard). The house was acquired by the National Trust in June 2002 after a fund raising campaign to prevent it being sold to private interests and ensure it be opened to the public. It was opened to visitors for the first time just 10 weeks after the acquisition. It was visited by 189,329 people in 2012, an 8.5% fall on the previous year.[125]
Walton and Ivythorn Hills – – – Street
51°06′30″N 2°45′05″W / 51.1083°N 2.7513°W / 51.1083; -2.7513 (Walton and Ivythorn Hills) 		  Walton and Ivythorn Hills is a 34.9 hectare (86.1 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Walton and Street at the south-eastern end of the Polden Hills. The Trust acquired 0.248 hectares (0.61 acres) of Ivythorn Hill in 1988, which followed 16.606 hectares (41.03 acres) of Walton Hill in 1940 and the initial 18.751 hectares (46.33 acres) of Ivythorn Hill and Wood in 1919.[23] Walton and Ivythorn Hills support a complex mosaic of semi-natural habitats which includes unimproved calcareous grassland, dense and scattered scrub and broadleaved woodland. Structural diversity within the habitats, together with the extensive areas of sheltered wood-edge and scrub-edge margins, provide ideal conditions for many species of invertebrate. Butterflies, Leafhoppers, Spiders and Soldier Flies are particularly well represented.[126]
Wellington Monument 1854 – II*[127] Blackdown Hills
50°56′53″N 3°13′45″W / 50.948°N 3.2293°W / 50.948; -3.2293 (Wellington Monument) 		  The Wellington Monument is a 175 feet (53 m) high triangular tower located on the highest point of the Blackdown Hills, 3 km (1.9 miles) south of Wellington. It was erected to celebrate the Duke of Wellington's victory at the Battle of Waterloo. The foundation stone was laid in 1817, on land belonging to the Duke, but the monument was not completed until 1854. Its design was inspired by an Egyptian obelisk, but in the shape of the type of bayonet used by Wellington's armies.[128] It is 80 feet (24 m) wide at the base. A counterweight hangs inside to help balance the Monument in windy weather. An internal staircase ascends to a viewing platform.[129] In June 2009, the National Trust announced plans to reclad the monument at a cost of £4 million.[130]
West Pennard Court Barn 15th century – I[131] West Bradley
51°07′51″N 2°38′56″W / 51.1308°N 2.6489°W / 51.1308; -2.6489 (Dunster Yarn Market) 		  West Pennard Court Barn (which is also known as the Court Barn, West Bradley) is a 15th-century tithe barn for Glastonbury Abbey between West Pennard and West Bradley.[132][133] The barn was restored in the 1930s by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings,[134] with the work being funded by Roger Clark of the local shoemakers C. & J. Clark.[135] It has been owned by the National Trust since 1938. The upper floor has an unusual floor made of compacted earth.[135] The rectangular five bay stone barn is supported by buttresses.[131] The roof was originally thatched but is now tiled.[135][136]
Yarn Market, Dunster c. 1590 – I[137] Dunster
51°11′04″N 3°26′39″W / 51.1845°N 3.4442°W / 51.1845; -3.4442 (Dunster Yarn Market) 		  The Yarn Market was built around 1590. The octagonal structure has a central stone pier which supports a heavy timber framework which carries a slate roof with central wooden lantern surmounted by a weather vane. Around 1590 George Luttrell, of the Luttrell family constructed the market to shelter traders and their wares from the rain. One of the roof beams has a hole in it, a result of cannon fire in the Civil War, when Dunster Castle was a besieged Royalist stronghold.[138] Following the damage, it was restored in 1647 to its present condition. It is in the guardianship of English Heritage but is managed by the National Trust.[139]

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The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty informally known as the National Trust owns or manages a range of properties in the ceremonial county of Somerset England These range from sites of Iron and Bronze Age occupations including Brean Down Cadbury Camp 1 and Cheddar Gorge to Elizabethan and Victorian era mansions which include examples such as Montacute House and Tyntesfield 2 Some of the smaller properties include Coleridge Cottage and Stembridge Mill the last remaining thatched windmill in England 3 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536class notpageimage National Trust properties in Somerset 1 Barrington Court2 Bath Assembly Rooms3 Brean Down4 Bruton Dovecote 5 Burrow Mump6 Cadbury Camp7 Cheddar Gorge8 Clevedon Court9 Coleridge Cottage10 Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill11 Dolebury Warren12 Dovecot at Blackford Farm13 Dunster Castle14 Dunster Working Watermill15 Ebbor Gorge 16 Fyne Court17 Glastonbury Tor18 Holnicote Estate 19 King Alfred s Tower20 King John s Hunting Lodge21 Leigh Woods National Nature Reserve22 Lytes Cary23 Montacute House24 Prior Park Landscape Garden25 Sand Point and Middle Hope26 Solsbury Hill27 Stembridge Mill28 Stoke sub Hamdon Priory29 The Priest s House30 Tintinhull Garden31 Treasurer s House32 Tyntesfield33 Walton and Ivythorn Hills34 Wellington Monument35 West Pennard Court Barn36 Yarn Market Dunster Somerset consists of a non metropolitan county administered by Somerset County Council which is divided into five districts and two unitary authorities The districts of Somerset are West Somerset South Somerset Taunton Deane Mendip and Sedgemoor North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset historically came under Somerset County Council In 1974 they became part of county of Avon and in 1996 they became administratively independent when Avon was broken up into unitary authorities 4 Many of the buildings included in the list are listed buildings or scheduled monuments Listed status refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural historical or cultural significance Grade I structures are those considered to be buildings of exceptional interest 5 Listing was begun by a provision in the Town and Country Planning Act 1947 A scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or historic building given protection against unauthorised change Scheduled Monuments are specified in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 which defines a monument as Any building structure or work above or below the surface of the land any cave or excavation any site comprising the remains of any such building structure or work or any cave or excavation and any site comprising or comprising the remains of any vehicle vessel or aircraft or other movable structure or part thereof Section 61 7 6 Contents 1 Properties 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksProperties editMap all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates List of National Trust properties in Somerset Site NameAlternative name s Constructed Scheduling Number Listed building grade Location or parish Image Description Barrington Court 1550s I 7 Barrington50 57 42 N 2 51 36 W 50 9616 N 2 8599 W 50 9616 2 8599 Barrington Court nbsp Barrington Court is a Tudor manor house begun around 1538 and completed in the late 1550s with a vernacular 17th century stable court After repair by Alfred Hoare Powell it was the first house acquired by the National Trust in 1907 on the recommendation of the antiquarian Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley 8 In the 1920s the house was renovated the stable block turned into a residence and several outbuildings gardens and gateways constructed The surrounding medieval deerpark and 17th century formal garden had largely disappeared until a new garden was laid out by Gertrude Jekyll in an Arts and Crafts style in the first half of the 20th century 9 Bath Assembly Rooms 1769 1771 I 10 Bath51 23 12 N 2 21 49 W 51 3866 N 2 3636 W 51 3866 2 3636 Bath Assembly Rooms nbsp The Bath Assembly Rooms designed by John Wood the Younger in 1769 11 are a set of elegant assembly rooms located in the heart of the World Heritage City of Bath which are now open to the public There are four main function rooms in the complex the 100 foot long 30 m ballroom the largest Georgian interior in Bath the tea room the card room and the octagon 12 Brean Down 1008211 13 Mendip Hills51 19 31 N 3 01 36 W 51 3254 N 3 0266 W 51 3254 3 0266 Brean Down nbsp Brean Down is a promontory from the coast standing 320 feet 98 m high and extending 1 5 miles 2 km into the Bristol Channel at the eastern end of Bridgwater Bay between Weston super Mare and Burnham on Sea Made of Carboniferous Limestone it is a continuation of the Mendip Hills and has exposed steep cliffs It is rich in wildlife history and archaeology It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest 14 The earliest recorded settlement is from the Early to Middle Bronze Age Brean Down Fort was built in 1865 as one of the Palmerston Forts to provide protection to the ports of the Bristol Channel 15 The fort was decommissioned in 1901 16 During World War II it was rearmed and used for experimental weapons testing The site has been owned by the National Trust since 2002 after which they instituted a 431 000 renovation project 17 Bruton Dovecote 16th century 50820 18 II 19 Bruton51 06 29 N 2 27 11 W 51 1081 N 2 4531 W 51 1081 2 4531 Bruton Dovecote nbsp The Bruton Dovecote was built in the 16th century It was at one time used as a house possibly as a watchtower and as a dovecote The building was once within the deerpark of Bruton Abbey and was adapted by the monks from a gabled Tudor tower 20 The conversion to be a dovecote took place around 1780 21 It has over 200 pigeon holes 22 The square tower was built of local stone with Doulting stone dressings Although it is now a roofless ruin and some of the windows have been blocked up it previously had a chimney and the fireplace can still be seen 19 The National Trust acquired the freehold from Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare of the Hoare baronets whose family seat was at Stourhead in 1915 23 Burrow Mump II 24 Burrowbridge51 04 06 N 2 55 14 W 51 0684 N 2 9205 W 51 0684 2 9205 Burrow Mump nbsp Burrow Mump is a hill and historic site overlooking Southlake Moor in the village of Burrowbridge Burrow Mump is also known as St Michael s Borough or Tutteyate The hill and ruined roofless nave with the remains of the porch and some window openings were presented in 1946 by Major Alexander Gould Barrett to the National Trust and serve as a memorial to the 11 281 Somerset men who lost their lives during the first and second world wars 25 26 Cadbury Camp 195367 27 Tickenham51 26 47 N 2 47 17 W 51 4463 N 2 7880 W 51 4463 2 7880 Cadbury Camp nbsp Cadbury Camp is an Iron Age hill fort 28 Local legends associate it with Arthurian England and Camelot though these may be due to confusion with the better known Cadbury Castle near South Cadbury some 50 miles 80 km to the south The hill fort is well preserved and is managed by the National Trust 1 Cheddar Gorge Cheddar51 16 58 N 2 46 00 W 51 2829 N 2 7668 W 51 2829 2 7668 Cheddar Gorge nbsp Cheddar Gorge is a limestone gorge in the Mendip Hills 29 The gorge is the site of the Gough s Cave where Britain s oldest complete human skeleton Cheddar Man estimated to be over 9 000 years old was found in 1903 30 Older remains from the Upper Late Palaeolithic era 12 000 13 000 years ago have been found 31 The caves produced by the activity of an underground river the Cheddar Yeo contain stalactites and stalagmites Cheddar Gorge including the caves and other attractions has become a tourist destination attracting about 500 000 visitors per year 32 Clevedon Court 14th century I 33 Clevedon51 26 27 N 2 50 01 W 51 4407 N 2 8335 W 51 4407 2 8335 Clevedon Court nbsp Clevedon Court is a manor house dating from the early 14th century 34 The great hall and chapel block are the earliest surviving parts of the structure with the west wing being added around 1570 when the windows and decoration of the rest of the building were changed Further construction and adaptation was undertaken in the 18th century when it was owned by the Elton baronets 35 The house was acquired by the nation and was given to the National Trust in part payment for death duties in 1960 The Elton family is still resident in the house which is now open to the public In addition to the main house the grounds include a selection of walls and outbuildings some of which date back to the 13th century The gardens are listed Grade II on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England 36 Coleridge Cottage 17th century II 37 Nether Stowey51 09 08 N 3 09 13 W 51 1521 N 3 1537 W 51 1521 3 1537 Coleridge Cottage nbsp Coleridge Cottage is a cottage constructed in the 17th century It contains a parlour kitchen and service room on the ground floor and three bed chambers above 38 The poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge lived at the cottage for three years from 1797 while writing This Lime Tree Bower My Prison The Rime of the Ancient Mariner part of Christabel and Frost at Midnight 39 The cottage was refurbished in 1800 Having served for many years as Moore s Coleridge Cottage Inn 40 the building was acquired for the nation in 1908 and the following year it was handed over to the National Trust 41 In 2011 the Friends of Coleridge and the National Trust carried out redevelopment of the site 42 Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill Mendip Hills51 17 43 N 2 52 53 W 51 2952 N 2 8814 W 51 2952 2 8814 Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill nbsp Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill is a 332 2 hectares 821 acres geological and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the western end of the Mendip Hills notified in 1952 Shute Shelve Hill which is formed of Carboniferous Limestone laid down in the Lower Carboniferous period about 350 million years ago rises to 233 metres 764 ft above sea level 43 The site extends for some 5 kilometres 3 1 mi from west to east This site comprises a wide range of habitats which includes ancient and secondary semi natural broadleaved woodland unimproved calcareous grassland and a complex mosaic of calcareous grassland and acidic dry dwarf shrub heath There are cave deposits of interest at the southern end of Crook Peak Picken s Hole is of considerable importance because of its clear well stratified sequence of deposits and faunas all dating from within the last Ice Age 44 Dolebury Warren Churchill Rowberrow51 19 39 N 2 47 01 W 51 32747 N 2 78358 W 51 32747 2 78358 Dolebury Warren nbsp Dolebury Warren is a 90 6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest SSSI near the villages of Churchill and Rowberrow in North Somerset notified in 1952 45 It is owned by the National Trust who acquired the freehold in 1983 and managed by the Avon Wildlife Trust 23 46 There is evidence of occupation of the site during the Iron Age and as a medieval post medieval rabbit warren 47 Dovecot at Blackford Farm 11th century 1345406 48 II 48 Selworthy51 11 48 N 3 32 25 W 51 1967 N 3 5403 W 51 1967 3 5403 Dovecot at Blackford Farm nbsp The Dovecot At Blackford Farm was built in the 11th century It was attached to a mansion house which burnt down in 1875 49 The dovecote which forms part of the property of the Holnicote Estate was donated to the National Trust by Sir Richard Thomas Dyke Acland 15th Baronet in 1944 50 Dunster Castle 11th century I 51 Dunster51 10 49 N 3 26 37 W 51 1804 N 3 4437 W 51 1804 3 4437 Dunster Castle nbsp Dunster Castle is a former motte and bailey castle now a country house The castle lies on the top of a steep hill called the Tor which has been fortified since the late Anglo Saxon period After the Norman conquest of England in the 11th century William de Mohun constructed a timber castle on the site as part of the pacification of Somerset A stone shell keep was built on the motte by the start of the 12th century At the end of the 14th century the de Mohuns sold the castle to the Luttrell family who continued to occupy the property until the late 20th century 52 The medieval castle walls were mostly destroyed following a siege at the end of the English Civil War In the 1860s and 1870s the architect Anthony Salvin was employed to remodel the castle to fit Victorian tastes Following the death of Alexander Luttrell in 1944 the family was unable to afford the death duties on his estate and sold the castle and surrounding lands The Luttrells bought back the castle in 1954 but in 1976 Colonel Walter Luttrell gave it and most of its contents to the National Trust 53 Dunster Working Watermill c 1780 II 54 Dunster51 10 57 N 3 26 45 W 51 1825 N 3 4459 W 51 1825 3 4459 Dunster Castle nbsp The Working Watermill also known as Castle Mill is a restored 18th century watermill situated on the River Avill in the grounds of Dunster Castle The present mill which was built around 1780 is on the site of a mill mentioned in the Domesday Book 55 It was restored to working order in 1979 The mill is still used to grind wheat flour 56 Ebbor Gorge Mendip Hills51 14 02 N 2 40 55 W 51 234 N 2 682 W 51 234 2 682 Ebbor Gorge nbsp Ebbor Gorge is a limestone gorge in the Mendip Hills close to Wells It was designated as a 63 5 hectare 157 acre biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1952 A 40 hectare 99 acre area of the gorge is owned by the National Trust and managed by Natural England as a national nature reserve 57 58 There are three marked trails of varying lengths around the steeply wooded gorge Various caves within the gorge were inhabited by neolithic people The site is close to Wookey Hole village and caves and offers views across the Somerset Levels to Glastonbury Tor and beyond The land was donated to the National Trust by Mrs G W Hodkinson in memory of Winston Churchill 59 Fyne Court Broomfield51 04 50 N 3 06 51 W 51 0806 N 3 1143 W 51 0806 3 1143 Fyne Court nbsp Fyne Court is a nature reserve set in parkland which was originally the pleasure grounds of a large house belonging to pioneer 19th century electrician Andrew Crosse whose family had owned the house from its construction 60 The house burnt down in 1898 61 62 Fyne Court has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1967 and was used as the headquarters of the Somerset Wildlife Trust 63 The Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Service have their headquarters in the grounds Much of the landscaping including an arboretum laid out in 1780 has become overgrown and now provides varied habitats including broadleaved woodland ponds and meadows grazed by highland cattle 64 The site is home to over 100 species of fungi and some rare invertebrates 63 Glastonbury Tor 196702 65 Glastonbury51 08 36 N 2 41 57 W 51 1433 N 2 6992 W 51 1433 2 6992 Glastonbury Tor nbsp Glastonbury Tor is a hill which features the roofless St Michael s Tower 66 The Tor has a striking location in the middle of a plain called the Summerland Meadows part of the Somerset Levels The plain is actually reclaimed fenland out of which the Tor once rose like an island but now is a peninsula washed on three sides by the River Brue The remains of Glastonbury Lake Village nearby were identified in 1892 showing that there was an Iron Age settlement about 300 200 BC on what was an easily defended island in the fens 67 68 Earthworks and Roman remains prove later occupation 69 The spot seems to have been called Ynys yr Afalon meaning The Isle of Avalon by the Britons and it is believed by some to be the Avalon of Arthurian legend 70 Holnicote Estate Exmoor51 12 22 N 3 33 43 W 51 206 N 3 562 W 51 206 3 562 Holnicote Estate nbsp The Holnicote Estate ˈ h ʌ n ɪ ˌ k ʌ t is a property consisting of 5 026 hectares 12 420 acres of Exmoor National Park situated in West Somerset The property was donated to the National Trust in 1944 by Sir Richard Thomas Dyke Acland 15th Baronet it had been in the Acland family since 1745 71 Holnicote Estate contains more than 240 kilometres 150 mi of footpaths and bridleways It includes Dunkery Beacon part of which is Dunkery and Horner Wood National Nature Reserve and Selworthy Beacon and the villages and hamlets of Selworthy Allerford Bossington Horner and Luccombe 72 King Alfred s Tower 1772 I 73 Brewham51 06 54 N 2 21 54 W 51 115 N 2 365 W 51 115 2 365 King Alfred s Tower nbsp King Alfred s Tower or The Folly of King Alfred the Great was built as part of the Stourhead estate and landscape The project to build the tower was conceived in 1762 by the banker Henry Hoare II 1705 1785 74 The tower was also intended to commemorate the end of the Seven Years War against France and the accession of King George III 75 The tower was designed in 1765 by Henry Flitcroft and was completed in 1772 at an estimated cost of between 5 000 and 6 000 The tower is 49 metres 161 ft high and is triangular in plan with round projections at each of the three corners 73 King John s Hunting Lodge c 1500 II 76 Axbridge51 17 14 N 2 49 07 W 51 2872 N 2 8185 W 51 2872 2 8185 King John s Hunting Lodge nbsp King John s Hunting Lodge is a wool merchant s house of around 1500 in Axbridge The building comprised shops on the ground floor living areas and workshops on the first floor and storage and sleeping areas on the second floor It was saved from probable destruction thanks to a Miss Ripley who bought it and bequeathed it to the National Trust which undertook the works necessary to make it fit for visitors In overhauling the structure of the premises in 1971 the National Trust restored its medieval character by recreating on the ground floor the appearance of arcaded stalls opening onto the street and the sixteenth century decoration of the upstairs windows 77 78 The property is run as a local history museum by Axbridge and District Museum Trust with support from Somerset County Museums Service and Axbridge Archaeological and Local History Society 79 Leigh Woods National Nature Reserve Long Ashton51 27 47 N 2 38 21 W 51 4631 N 2 6392 W 51 4631 2 6392 Leigh Woods nbsp Leigh Woods is a 2 square kilometre 490 acre area of woodland on the south west side of the Avon Gorge opposite the English city of Bristol and north of the Ashton Court estate It is a national nature reserve 80 Small mountain biking circuits are present in the woods and the area is a popular walking area for Bristolians Part of the woodland was donated to the National Trust in 1909 by George Alfred Wills 81 to prevent development of the city beside the gorge Areas not owned by the National Trust have since been taken over by the Forestry Commission 82 Lytes Cary 14th and 15th century I 83 Charlton Mackrell51 02 09 N 2 40 04 W 51 0358 N 2 6677 W 51 0358 2 6677 Lytes Cary nbsp Lytes Cary is a manor house with associated chapel and gardens The property has parts dating to the 14th century with other sections dating to the 15th 16th 18th and 20th centuries 84 Yet all parts blend to perfection with one another and with the gentle sunny landscape that surrounds them comments Nikolaus Pevsner 85 The chapel predates the existing house and functioned as a chantry chapel where masses could be said for the souls of the family both living and dead The gardens are listed as Grade II on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England 86 Montacute House 1598 1252021 87 I 88 Montacute50 57 09 N 2 42 58 W 50 9524 N 2 716 W 50 9524 2 716 Montacute House nbsp Montacute House is a late Elizabethan country house a textbook example of English architecture during a period that was moving from the medieval Gothic to the Renaissance Classical and one of the finest houses to survive from the Elizabethan era 89 It was visited by 119 590 people in 2011 90 Designed by an unknown architect the three floored mansion constructed of the local Ham Hill stone was built in about 1598 by Sir Edward Phelips Master of the Rolls his descendants occupied the house until the early 20th century 91 Following a brief period when the house was let to tenants it was acquired by the National Trust in 1927 Since 1975 the mansion s Long Gallery the longest in England has served as a regional outpost of the National Portrait Gallery 92 The Priest s House Muchelney 1308 II 93 Muchelney51 01 16 N 2 48 55 W 51 0211 N 2 8152 W 51 0211 2 8152 Priest s House nbsp The Priest s House was built by Muchelney Abbey in 1308 for the parish priest 94 and incorporates a Gothic doorway tracery windows and a 15th century fireplace The building was said to be ruinous in 1608 It was used by the vicar or curate until around 1840 when the house was used as a cellar and later as a school in the late 19th century it was rented by a farmer The building which was acquired by the National Trust in 1911 is rented to a tenant who provides limited access to the public 95 96 Prior Park Landscape Garden 18th century 1004514 97 98 I Palladian bridge 99 Bath51 22 02 N 2 20 37 W 51 3672 N 2 3437 W 51 3672 2 3437 Prior Park Landscape Garden nbsp Prior Park Landscape Garden is an 18th century landscape garden designed by the poet Alexander Pope and the landscape gardener Capability Brown It is south of Bath The garden was influential in defining the style of garden known as the English garden in continental Europe Prior Park was created by local entrepreneur and philanthropist Ralph Allen 100 from about 1734 until his death in 1764 101 The 28 acre 113 000 m2 landscape garden is set in a site running down a small steep valley with views of the city of Bath Its many interesting features include a Palladian bridge one of only 4 left in the world Gothic temple gravel cabinet Mrs Allen s Grotto and three lakes plus a serpentine lake 102 Sand Point and Middle Hope Near Kewstoke51 23 27 N 2 58 17 W 51 3908 N 2 9715 W 51 3908 2 9715 Sand Point and Middle Hope nbsp Sand Point is the peninsula stretching out from Middle Hope an 84 1 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest 103 At Middle Hope a sequence of Carboniferous Limestone and includes limestones thick volcanic tufts and lavas are exposed The site contains a Pleistocene aged fossil cliff and shore platform 104 Among scarce plants found on Sand Point are Smallflower Buttercup and Honewort The calcareous grassland is dominated by Festuca species and Dactylis glomerata while the scrub towards the west of the site is dominated by Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna and Blackthorn Prunus spinosa while that to the east consists of Common Gorse Ulex europaeus and Bramble Rubus fruticosus agg 104 Solsbury Hill Batheaston51 24 36 N 2 20 03 W 51 41 N 2 3342 W 51 41 2 3342 Solsbury Hill nbsp Little Solsbury Hill more commonly known as Solsbury Hill is a small flat topped hill and the site of an Iron Age hill fort It is located above the village of Batheaston The hill rises to 625 feet 191 m 105 above the River Avon which is just over 1 mile 2 km to the south It is within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty It gives impressive views of the city of Bath and the surrounding area It was acquired by the National Trust in 1930 23 The hill was the inspiration for the 1977 song Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel 106 Stembridge Mill 1822 II 107 High Ham51 04 35 N 2 49 13 W 51 0765 N 2 8203 W 51 0765 2 8203 Stembridge Mill nbsp Stembridge Tower Mill is the last remaining thatched windmill in England 108 109 Stembridge Mill was constructed in 1822 including parts from the earlier Ham Mill which stood nearby 110 with a 26 feet 7 9 m high tower on an old mill mound 111 It was damaged by storms and left running via steam by 1897 8 and last used commercially in 1910 In 1969 Professor H H Bellot left the windmill cottage and garden to the National Trust in his will The mill has four floors a thatched cap and is constructed of local limestone known in the area as Blue Lias 112 The mill is owned by The National Trust and underwent a 100 000 restoration by local craftsmen funded by the Grantscape Community Heritage Fund in 2009 and was re opened later in the year 113 Stoke sub Hamdon PrioryParsonage Farm 14th century 1020665 114 I 115 Stoke sub Hamdon50 57 16 N 2 44 56 W 50 9545 N 2 7488 W 50 9545 2 7488 Stembridge Mill nbsp Stoke sub Hamdon Priory which is also known as Parsonage Farm 116 is a 14th century former priest s house of the chantry chapel of St Nicholas 117 The Ham stone building was originally the Provost s Lodging part of the College Buildings of the Beauchamp Chantry Before 1304 it may have been the rector s house After 1518 it became a farm known as Parsonage Farmhouse which it remained until around 1960 The priory has been owned by the National Trust since 1946 118 Tintinhull Garden early 20th century I 119 Tintinhull50 58 28 N 2 42 26 W 50 9744 N 2 7072 W 50 9744 2 7072 Tintinhull Garden nbsp Tintinhull Garden is a small 20th century Arts and Crafts garden surrounding a 17th century house Tintinhull House was built of Hamstone being reshaped in the early 18th century The house was the property of the Napper family who also owned Tintinhull Court by 1630 and was passed down in the family until they sold it sometime after 1814 119 120 The garden layout with areas separated by walls and hedges was developed in the early 20th century and expanded and planted starting in 1933 by Phyllis Reiss in a Hidcote style In 1954 Reiss gave the house and garden to the National Trust but continued to live in the house and care for the garden until her death in 1961 From then on the Trust let the house to a variety of tenants including the garden designer and writer Penelope Hobhouse and her husband Professor John Malins from 1980 to 1993 The gardens are included in the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England and feature small pools and an azelea garden 121 Treasurer s House 13th century I 122 Martock nbsp The Treasurer s House is a medieval priest s house built from Hamstone during the 13th century with various extensions and alterations since The Great Hall was completed in 1293 and there is an even earlier Solar Block with an interesting wall painting 123 Tyntesfield 1860s I 124 Wraxall51 26 25 N 2 42 49 W 51 4403 N 2 7135 W 51 4403 2 7135 Tyntesfield nbsp Tyntesfield is a Victorian Gothic Revival estate It is named after the Tynte baronets who had owned estates in the area since around 1500 It was the site of a 16th century hunting lodge which was used as a farmhouse until the early 19th century In the 1830s a Georgian mansion was built on the site which was bought by William Gibbs 2 In the 1860s he had the house significantly expanded and remodelled with a chapel being added in the 1870s The Gibbs family owned the house until the death in 2001 of George Gibbs known as Richard The house was acquired by the National Trust in June 2002 after a fund raising campaign to prevent it being sold to private interests and ensure it be opened to the public It was opened to visitors for the first time just 10 weeks after the acquisition It was visited by 189 329 people in 2012 an 8 5 fall on the previous year 125 Walton and Ivythorn Hills Street51 06 30 N 2 45 05 W 51 1083 N 2 7513 W 51 1083 2 7513 Walton and Ivythorn Hills nbsp Walton and Ivythorn Hills is a 34 9 hectare 86 1 acre biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Walton and Street at the south eastern end of the Polden Hills The Trust acquired 0 248 hectares 0 61 acres of Ivythorn Hill in 1988 which followed 16 606 hectares 41 03 acres of Walton Hill in 1940 and the initial 18 751 hectares 46 33 acres of Ivythorn Hill and Wood in 1919 23 Walton and Ivythorn Hills support a complex mosaic of semi natural habitats which includes unimproved calcareous grassland dense and scattered scrub and broadleaved woodland Structural diversity within the habitats together with the extensive areas of sheltered wood edge and scrub edge margins provide ideal conditions for many species of invertebrate Butterflies Leafhoppers Spiders and Soldier Flies are particularly well represented 126 Wellington Monument 1854 II 127 Blackdown Hills50 56 53 N 3 13 45 W 50 948 N 3 2293 W 50 948 3 2293 Wellington Monument nbsp The Wellington Monument is a 175 feet 53 m high triangular tower located on the highest point of the Blackdown Hills 3 km 1 9 miles south of Wellington It was erected to celebrate the Duke of Wellington s victory at the Battle of Waterloo The foundation stone was laid in 1817 on land belonging to the Duke but the monument was not completed until 1854 Its design was inspired by an Egyptian obelisk but in the shape of the type of bayonet used by Wellington s armies 128 It is 80 feet 24 m wide at the base A counterweight hangs inside to help balance the Monument in windy weather An internal staircase ascends to a viewing platform 129 In June 2009 the National Trust announced plans to reclad the monument at a cost of 4 million 130 West Pennard Court Barn 15th century I 131 West Bradley51 07 51 N 2 38 56 W 51 1308 N 2 6489 W 51 1308 2 6489 Dunster Yarn Market nbsp West Pennard Court Barn which is also known as the Court Barn West Bradley is a 15th century tithe barn for Glastonbury Abbey between West Pennard and West Bradley 132 133 The barn was restored in the 1930s by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings 134 with the work being funded by Roger Clark of the local shoemakers C amp J Clark 135 It has been owned by the National Trust since 1938 The upper floor has an unusual floor made of compacted earth 135 The rectangular five bay stone barn is supported by buttresses 131 The roof was originally thatched but is now tiled 135 136 Yarn Market Dunster c 1590 I 137 Dunster51 11 04 N 3 26 39 W 51 1845 N 3 4442 W 51 1845 3 4442 Dunster Yarn Market nbsp The Yarn Market was built around 1590 The octagonal structure has a central stone pier which supports a heavy timber framework which carries a slate roof with central wooden lantern surmounted by a weather vane Around 1590 George Luttrell of the Luttrell family constructed the market to shelter traders and their wares from the rain One of the roof beams has a hole in it a result of cannon fire in the Civil War when Dunster Castle was a besieged Royalist stronghold 138 Following the damage it was restored in 1647 to its present condition It is in the guardianship of English Heritage but is managed by the National Trust 139 See also editList of National Trust properties in England List of English Heritage properties in SomersetReferences edit a b Cadbury Camp National Trust Archived from the original on 23 March 2013 Retrieved 24 March 2013 a b Tyntesfield National Trust Archived from the original on 10 April 2013 Retrieved 20 April 2013 Somerset a county of contrasts National Trust Archived from the original on 16 December 2013 Retrieved 15 December 2013 The Avon Structural Change Order 1995 HMSO Archived from 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