The Vicarage, Congresbury
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The Vicarage in Congresbury
, Somerset
, England includes an early 19th century vicarage and former Priests House from around 1446. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
The eastern range comprising the Refectory was built by executors of Bishop Thomas Beckington
of Wells
whose heraldic devices and those of the Poulteney family are on the porch.
The building is now used for church and community functions.
Congresbury
Congresbury is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated in the Unitary authority of North Somerset, and in 2001 had a population of 3,400. It lies on the A370, roughly equidistant between Junction 21 of the M5 and Bristol Airport, approximately south of Bristol city centre,...
, 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 includes an early 19th century vicarage and former Priests House from around 1446. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
The eastern range comprising the Refectory was built by executors of Bishop Thomas Beckington
Thomas Beckington
Thomas Beckington was the Bishop of Bath and Wells and King's Secretary in medieval England.-Life:...
of Wells
Wells
Wells is a cathedral city and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, England, on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills. Although the population recorded in the 2001 census is 10,406, it has had city status since 1205...
whose heraldic devices and those of the Poulteney family are on the porch.
The building is now used for church and community functions.