Gaulden Manor

In 1199, Andrew De Bovedon gave Gaulden to Taunton Priory. It was a settlement in the mid-thirteenth century. During the Valor Ecclesiasticus (1535), Gaulden was listed as belonging to the priory. The priory's possessions were surrendered to King Henry VIII in 1539, and that the manor was granted to William Standysh in 1544. On his death in 1553, the manor passed to Francis Southwell and Alice, his wife. As they left no heirs, it became the possession of John Mynne, and then George Mynne and Elizabeth, his wife. In 1565, James Turberville, the former Bishop of Exeter, lived at the manor. Either Turberville or his great-nephew, John Turberville, added the plasterwork. the house is dated to…

Built of red sandstone and masonry, it is a double storied building. The roof is partly of slate and partly of brick. There is a gabled porch. The front entrance is on the west side. The porch contains a lintel and there is a storey over it. It opens into a passage. A hall and a service wing are at a lower level. The hall is situated on the right a features a ceiling of panelled plaster. There is a notable pendant with eight ornamental flutings, more than 30 x. A cornice surrounds the room, except in the area of the fireplace and the carved partition. The partition's cornice, made of plaster, is ornamented with figures and mottoes. On the north wall are two figures—a man apparently giving a…