Fitzhead Court and The Manor in Fitzhead, Somerset, England was built in the late 16th century and has now been split into two buildings. It is a Grade II*

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History

Fitzhead Court and The Manor date from the late 16th century. The building was constructed by Major Robert Cannon (died 1685) a royalist veteran of the

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, and passed through his successors to the Somerville Barons. When the Somerville line died out it passed to

Richard Beadon Richard Beadon (15 April 1737 – 21 April 1824) was Master of Jesus College, Cambridge 1781–1789 and later Vice-Chancellor of the University, Bishop of Gloucester and Bishop of Bath and Wells. Life Beadon was born at Pinkworthy in Devon, so ...

who was the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The estate was sold to Baron Ashburton in 1840.

Architecture

The plan of the two-storey building of 1:4:1

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is U-shaped following the addition of service wings to the original court. The interior includes Jacobean style plaster ceilings. The red

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boundary walls and gate-piers are from the early 19th century.

References

{{reflist Grade II* listed buildings in Taunton Deane Grade II* listed houses in Somerset