Shapwick Manor

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Shapwick Manor
Shapwick Manor is located in Somerset
Shapwick Manor
Location of Shapwick Manor in Somerset
LocationShapwick, Somerset, England
Coordinates51°08′32″N 2°50′03″W / 51.1422°N 2.8341°W / 51.1422; -2.8341Coordinates: 51°08′32″N 2°50′03″W / 51.1422°N 2.8341°W / 51.1422; -2.8341
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameShapwick Manor
Designated29 March 1963[1]
Reference no.1190512

Shapwick Manor at Shapwick in the English county of Somerset is a medieval manor house which was 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[]

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] Shapwick House dates to around 1475; originally Shapwick House was moated, but the moat was filled in during a period of rebuilding in the first quarter of the 17th century.[4][5] During World War I and II

Shapwick House, not the Manor, was used as a convalescent home for injured servicemen.[6]

Between 1956 and 1980, Shapwick Manor was an outlying boarding house for boys at Millfield School,[7] and was later home to Shapwick School, which closed in March 2020.

Architecture[]

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.[8] The dovecote is medieval but was restored in the 18th and 19th centuries, with a new roof being installed in the 20th century.[9] The stone screen and flanking walls were built around 1658.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Shapwick Manor". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  2. ^ Bush, Robin (1994). Somerset: The Complete Guide. Dovecote Press. p. 178. ISBN 1-874336-26-1.
  3. ^ Bond, James (1998). Somerset Parks and Gardens. Somerset Books. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-86183-465-5.
  4. ^ "Shapwick Manor". historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
  5. ^ "History of Shapwick". Shapwick Village. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Unusual inhabitants of Shapwick House". BBC. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Shapwick - Boys". Millfield School. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Stable block with coach house to Shapwick Manor". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Dovecote in grounds of Shapwick Manor". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  10. ^ "Stone screen and flanking sections of walling enclosing former parterre on frontage of Shapwick Manor". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 30 April 2017.

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