Shapwick Manor
| Shapwick Manor | |
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| Location | Shapwick, Somerset, England |
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Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Official name | Shapwick Manor |
| Designated | 29 March 1963[1] |
| Reference no. | 1190512 |
Shapwick Manor at Shapwick in the county of Somerset, England, is a medieval manor house, largely remodelled in the 19th century by Henry Strangways on his return from South Australia in 1871.
It is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
It is not to be confused with Shapwick House, formerly an hotel, and more recently a rental property, which lies to the north of the village.
History
[edit | edit source]The manor of Shapwick originally belonged to Glastonbury Abbey, forming part of its Pouholt (Polden) estate in 729.[2]
The building that is known as Shapwick House, not the Manor, was built for the Almoner of Glastonbury Abbey in the Middle Ages.[1] A survey in 1327 includes a 5 acres (2.0 ha) garden, moat and fishponds.[3]
Between 1956 and 1980, Shapwick Manor was an outlying boarding house for boys at Millfield School,[4] and was later home to Shapwick School, which closed in March 2020.
Architecture
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Shapwick Manor is a two-storey stone building that has an asymmetrical frontage, formerly with a glazed veranda supported on iron columns[1] to one side of the building.
The stable block, which was built in the 17th century, is also Grade II* listed.[5]
The dovecote is medieval but was restored in the 18th and 19th centuries; it was re-roofed in the 20th century.[6]
The stone screen (illustrated) and flanking walls were built around 1658.[7]
References
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Further reading
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