Crowcombe Court

Crowcombe Court
Crowcombe Court
Crowcombe Court is located in Somerset
Crowcombe Court
Location within Somerset
General information
Town or cityCrowcombe
CountryEngland
Coordinates51°07′30″N 3°13′50″W / 51.1250°N 3.2305°W / 51.1250; -3.2305
Completed1739

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

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 terracotta 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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Crowcombe". Quantock Online. Retrieved 17 November 2007.
  4. ^ Binney, Marcus (15 August 2008). "Crowcombe Court in Somerset". The Times. Historic homes for sale. London. Archived from the original on 30 May 2010. 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. Archived from the original on 30 May 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  7. ^ "Crowcombe Court". Historic Houses Association. Archived from the original on 23 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  8. ^ "Crowcombe Court". Stately-Homes. Retrieved 23 September 2011.[permanent dead link‍]
  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.