Crowcombe Court

Crowcombe Court in Crowcombe, Somerset, England is a large country house dating from 1724 to 1739. It is Grade I listed.[1]

Crowcombe Court
Crowcombe Court
Crowcombe Court is located in Somerset
Crowcombe Court
Location within Somerset
General information
Town or cityCrowcombe
CountryEngland
Coordinates51.1250°N 3.2305°W / 51.1250; -3.2305
Completed1739

It was built, in English regional baroque style,[2] by Thomas Parker, for Thomas Carew,[3] and finished by Nathaniel Ireson of Wincanton, after Carew found that Parker had taken old coins, found while demolishing the old house.[4] Minor alterations were carried out by Edward Middleton Barry around 1870.[1]

The house has amber coloured bricks complemented by Bath stone pilasters and frontispiece.[5] The interior includes plasterwork by Grinling Gibbons.[6] The house was described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "the finest house of its date in Somerset south of the Bath area".[7][8]

Brympton School, previously at Brympton d'Evercy, occupied Crowcombe Court between 1974 and 1976.[9] It has also been used as a nursing home.[3]

The previous owners of the house David and Kate Kenyon purchased the property in 2011. Kate is a direct descendant of James Morrison.

The gardens and parkland are listed, Grade II, on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England.[10]

As of 2019, Crowcombe Court is owned by The Gilchrist Collection and is used as a Wedding Venue.[11]

See also

References
  1. "Crowcombe Court and attached stables to west". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2007.
  2. "History of Crowcombe Court". Crowcombe Court. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  3. "Crowcombe". Quantock Online. Retrieved 17 November 2007.
  4. Binney, Marcus (15 August 2008). "Crowcombe Court in Somerset". The Times. Historic homes for sale. London. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  5. "Crowcombe Court". Crowcombe Court. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  6. Binney, Marcus (15 August 2008). "Historic homes for sale: Crowcombe Court in Somerset". The Times. London. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  7. "Crowcombe Court". Historic Houses Association. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  8. "Crowcombe Court". Stately-Homes. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  9. "Parishes: Crowcombe", in A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 5. Victoria County History, London, 1985, pp. 54–64
  10. "Crowcombe Court". National Heritage Register for England. Historic England. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  11. "The Gilchrist Collection". The Gilchrist Collection. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
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