Court House, East Quantoxhead

It has been owned by the Luttrell family, who also owned Dunster Castle, for many generations since they acquired it around 1070. The original manor house was constructed around 1273, adjacent to the Church of St Mary. The only remaining section of the medieval house is the four-storey tower with battlements which was dated in a survey during 2003 by Historic England as coming from the late 14th or early 15th century. The rest of the current building was constructed in the 17th century. By the time George Luttrell inherited Dunster castle in 1571, it was dilapidated, with the family preferring to live at Court House. In the 1620s George Luttrell's first wife and mother of his twelve…

The two-storey house is laid out around a courtyard. The interior of the house is noted for plasterwork friezes. In the hall the fireplace mantel, which dates from 1629, bears the Luttrell coat of arms with soldiers on either side. It was created by two Flemish workers brought in by George Luttrell. They and their descendants stayed in West Somerset and are responsible for the plasterwork in all the great houses in the area, including Court House and Dunster Castle. In most of the rooms of the house the friezes depict biblical scenes. In the drawing room is a representation of Christ with the children, the north bedroom has Christ's entry into Jerusalem, another room depicts Christ's…