Bathealton Court is a

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country house in

Bathealton Bathealton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated west of Wellington and west of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. The village has a population of 194. History The Iron Age Castles Camp is approximatel ...

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, England. It was built in around 1766 and underwent significant alteration in around 1850. The north wing was demolished in the 1960s.

History

The manor of Bathealton Court was mentioned in the

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when it was the property of Sir William Moahun, Baron of

Dunster Castle Dunster Castle is a former motte and bailey castle, now a country house, in the village of Dunster, Somerset, England. The castle lies on the top of a steep hill called the Tor, and has been fortified since the late Anglo-Saxon period. After ...

. The present house was built in about 1788. The alterations of 1850 were at the hands of Henry Gorges Moysey, who also paid for the construction of Bathealton church in 1854. This had some fine painted glass by John Toms of Wellington. it remained owned by the Moysey family until 1923, when sold by Charles Moysey.In 2006 it again changed hands, being put up for auction. At this time the estate consisted of of garden, parkland and woodland and included a farmhouse, stables and lodge.

The house

Bathealton Court was built in about 1766, probably on the site of, and incorporating the structure of, an older building. It is a rendered stone house, with a moulded cornice, slate roofs, and rendered chimney stacks. It originally had a U-shaped plan, but the north wing was demolished in the 1960s. It consists of two storeys plus attics, with single storey

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at either side, giving it a 1:2:3:2:1 bay configuration. The sashed windows have moulded

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s, and the central window on the ground floor is

pediment Pediments are gables, usually of a triangular shape. Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the lintel, or entablature, if supported by columns. Pediments can contain an overdoor and are usually topped by hood moulds. A pedimen ...

ed. The main door is in the single storey porch to the left, and the similar bay on the right has a window and

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. The interior has some fine decorative plaster ceilings, a late eighteenth century barley-sugar twist staircase and plain panelling in several rooms. The house was designated as a Grade II

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on 25 January 1956.

The gardens

Bathealton Court is set in rural surroundings and has an extensive view of the surrounding countryside. The gardens include lawns and kitchen gardens and there is a cottage behind the house previously inhabited by the gardener.

References

{{Authority control Country houses in Somerset Houses completed in 1766 Grade II listed buildings in Taunton Deane Grade II listed houses in Somerset