North Cadbury Court
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North Cadbury Court in North Cadbury
, Somerset
, England is a country house built around 1580-1610, by Sir Francis Hastings
. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
Hastings inherited the estate from his father in 1544. After his wife died in 1596 Hastings sold the court with the rest of the manor to Matthew Ewens. In the early 17th century the house and estate was bought by Richard Newman whose family owned it until around 1796 when it was bought by the Bennett family. Around 1800 the courtyard was turned into a ballroom and the south façade rebuilt in Georgian
style.
In 1910 the court was bought by Sir Archibald Langham and remains in his family.
During the 1980s the interior fittings and decoration of the adjacent Church of St Michael
were damaged beyond repair. The local sculptor John Richardson designed modern figures to replace them. Some controversy arose about the figures and they were eventually placed on the wall of North Cadbury Court which overlooks the churchyard.
North Cadbury
North Cadbury is a village west of Wincanton in the River Cam in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England. It shares its parish with nearby Yarlington and includes the village of Galhampton, which got its name from the settlement of the rent-paying peasants, and the hamlet of...
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, England is a country house built around 1580-1610, by Sir Francis Hastings
Francis Hastings (died 1610)
Sir Francis Hastings was an English Puritan politician.He was the fifth and youngest son of the 2nd Earl of Huntingdon. His older brothers were Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon and George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon....
. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
Hastings inherited the estate from his father in 1544. After his wife died in 1596 Hastings sold the court with the rest of the manor to Matthew Ewens. In the early 17th century the house and estate was bought by Richard Newman whose family owned it until around 1796 when it was bought by the Bennett family. Around 1800 the courtyard was turned into a ballroom and the south façade rebuilt in Georgian
Georgian architecture
Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840. It is eponymous for the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover—George I of Great Britain, George II of Great Britain, George III of the United...
style.
In 1910 the court was bought by Sir Archibald Langham and remains in his family.
During the 1980s the interior fittings and decoration of the adjacent Church of St Michael
Church of St Michael, North Cadbury
The Church of St Michael in North Cadbury, Somerset, England dates from 1417, although the tower was built a few years earlier. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building....
were damaged beyond repair. The local sculptor John Richardson designed modern figures to replace them. Some controversy arose about the figures and they were eventually placed on the wall of North Cadbury Court which overlooks the churchyard.