Cothelstone Manor

Cothelstone Manor in Cothelstone, Somerset, England was built in the mid 16th century, largely destroyed by Parliamentary troops in 1646 and 1855 to 1856 by EJ Esdaile rebuilt.

The construction is closely connected with the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, which is also under Grade I and tombs of a number of owners Cothelstone Manors contains. Among them are the 1379 deceased Matthew de Stawell and his wife Elizabeth died in 1603 and John Stawell.

History

Cothelstone Manor was Adam de Coveston of William the Conqueror, and since then was on the site of a house that was owned by only two families in the course of history.

During the English Civil War, John Stawell fought on the side of the royalists. When he went to London in 1646, with its signed by Thomas Fairfax surrender, he was imprisoned for treason and Oliver Cromwell ordered the destruction of his house from the Elizabethan era by cannon fire. Remained only the left wing and the ground floor of the central section are and were abandoned. The land was offered for sale in 1651. After the monarchy was restored and Charles II was crowned in Westminster Abbey in 1661 to the King of England and Ireland, John Stawell received his parliamentary seat again, but died the following year.

Some repairs were carried out and the house was considerably reduced. It served the next two centuries as a farm house. The Banqueting Hall, who was a widow's house and probably was added in the 19th century, has survived the time.

The property, which consisted of eleven farm houses, 54 cottages and two residential buildings, was acquired in 1792 by Edward Jeffries. He died in 1814 and the house enters the property of his grandson Edward Jeffries Esdaile, who married a daughter of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Esdaile built Cothelstone House 1817-1820 as a new residential house. This building was torn down in 1968. Esdaile built 1855-1856 and the old manor house back on, where it kept the style in which it was inhabited before the Civil War by the Stawells. Esdaile died 1867.

It now serves as a venue for family celebrations and corporate events and was also the filming location for feature films.

Gatehouse

The Gate House from the 16th century was classified as grade I- Building.

Land and outbuildings

In the Middle Ages belonged to the estate an animal enclosure at Cothelstone Hill, which is about 1.3 km away.

North and east of the house are gardens which together have an area of ​​one hectare and in 1867 created a model farm, within the actual park, which is classified in the English Heritage National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens today.

The triple archway was built in the 16th century and originally stood on the road and not at the entrance, but was displaced before 1908. At the end of the Monmouth Rebellion and the defeat of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, at the Battle of Sedgemoor in 1685, two men were hung from the archway.

Southeast of the main house there is a group of farm buildings erected in 1867 and earlier, some of which are arranged around the Cushuish Farmhouse dating from the 16th century.

Northwest of the stables and the carriage house from the 16th century is a gazebo and a grotto in the 18th century.

Also on the grounds is a fountain house with a bust of stone, which dates from the period of 1500 and Agnes Cheyney had a role model who was married to the owner Edward Stowel. It still serves the water supply for the manor house and the cattle, and has been renovated.

Are the ruins of a Folly on the border at the northern end of the park on Cothelstone Hill. The ruins of brick rubble from the building is 9 meters high. The year of construction is not known. In the 1990s, the ruins of collapsed partially.

The lands of the estate exceeding the borders of the municipality Cothelstone afield to Bishops Lydeard.