Bathealton Court

The manor of Bathealton Court was mentioned in the Domesday Book when it was the property of Sir William Moahun, Baron of Dunster Castle. The present house was built in about 1788. The alterations of 1850 were at the hands of Henry Gorges Moysey, who also paid for the construction of Bathealton church in 1854. This had some fine painted glass by John Toms of Wellington. it remained owned by the Moysey family until 1923, when sold by Charles Moysey.In 2006 it again changed hands, being put up for auction. At this time the estate consisted of 141 acres of garden, parkland and woodland and included a farmhouse, stables and lodge.

Bathealton Court was built in about 1766, probably on the site of, and incorporating the structure of, an older building. It is a rendered stone house, with a moulded cornice, slate roofs, and rendered chimney stacks. It originally had a U-shaped plan, but the north wing was demolished in the 1960s. It consists of two storeys plus attics, with single storey bays at either side, giving it a 1:2:3:2:1 bay configuration. The sashed windows have moulded architraves, and the central window on the ground floor is pedimented. The main door is in the single storey porch to the left, and the similar bay on the right has a window and balustrade. The interior has some fine decorative plaster ceilings,…