Wayford Manor House
| Wayford Manor House | |
| Somerset | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Location: | 50°51’19"N, 2°50’45"W |
| Village: | Wayford |
| History | |
| Built c. 1600 | |
| Country house | |
| Information | |
Wayford Manor House is a country house with a garden in Wayford, Somerset. It has been designated a Grade-I listed building.[1]
House
The house includes a central range which was rebuilt about 1600 on the site of an earlier building by Charles Daubeney,[2] probably with William Arnold as master mason.
The north wing was completed in 1900 by architect Sir Ernest George.[1]
Garden
Work on the gardens, including terraces and archways was carried out by Harold Peto around 1902.[3] Peto was the brother of the wife of Lawrence Ingham Baker when he bought the house.[4] The current Arts and Crafts garden is partly built on the site of an earlier Elizabethan garden.[5] It includes a Japanese garden and a collection of mature trees,[6] along with a rock garden, orchard and shrubs.[7] The garden is listed Grade II on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England.[8]
Wayford Woods, close to the house, has an ornamental lake and is known for its large number of fairy doors.[9][10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Wayford Manor House". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=262205. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
- ↑ R.W. Dunning (editor), A.P. Baggs, R.J.E. Bush (1978). "Parishes: Wayford". A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 4. Institute of Historical Research. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=117083. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ↑ Bond, James (1998). Somerset Parks and Gardens. Somerset Books. p. 135. ISBN 978-0861834655.
- ↑ Plumptree, George (1985). Collins Book of British Gardens. London: Collins. pp. 280–281. ISBN 0002166410.
- ↑ "Wayford Manor". Garden Visit.com. http://www.gardenvisit.com/garden/wayford_manor. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ↑ Kingsbury, Noel (25 May 2007). "The wonders of Wayford". Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardenstovisit/3342587/The-wonders-of-Wayford.html. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ↑ "Wayford Manor, Yeovil, England". Parks and Gardens UK. Parks and Gardens Data Services Ltd. http://www.parksandgardens.org/places-and-people/site/3445. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ↑ "Wayford Manor". Historic England. http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1001158. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ↑ "'Fairy control' to halt tiny doors in Somerset woods" (retrieved 4 March 2015)
- ↑ Morris, Steven (4 March 2015). "Fairies' woodland homes face planning control". Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/mar/04/fairies-woodland-homes-face-planning-control. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
Further reading
- R. Whalley, The Great Edwardian Gardens of Harold Peto (2007)