Midelney Manor in Drayton,

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, England was built in the late 16th century in two distinct halves by

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and Thomas Trevillian. It has been designated as a Grade I

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. The manor house is sited on a former island site, and was the property of

Muchelney Abbey Muchelney Abbey is an English Heritage property in the village of Muchelney in the Somerset Levels, England. The site consists of ruined walls showing the layout of the abbey buildings constructed from the 7th to 16th centuries, and the remaini ...

, passing to the Trevillian family after the dissolution of the monasteries. The building incorporates fragments of an earlier medieval building on the site which burned down. At the rear of the house is an 18th-century falcon mews. In 1985 the Manor was the venue for a television quiz series in which guests identify the origin and use of various artifacts.

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{{reflist Houses completed in the 16th century Grade I listed buildings in South Somerset Grade I listed houses in Somerset

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