Gardens · South West England
Maunsel House
Maunsel House — a garden in england-south-west, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
Maunsel House is a garden of interest in england-south-west, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Maunsel House in the English county of Somerset was built in the late 14th or early 15th century. The house stands south of the hamlet of North Newton, in the parish of North Petherton. It is the family seat of the Slade baronets and is a Grade II* listed building.
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Background
History
Local tradition asserts that Geoffrey Chaucer wrote part of The Canterbury Tales while staying at the house. Between 1648 and 1726 it was owned by the Bacon family who turned some the land, which had been part of Petherton Park, into gardens, orchards and a fish pond. It has been the family seat of the Slade baronets since 1772, when it was bought at auction for £3,000. The county surveyor Richard Carver, a pupil of Sir Jeffrey Wyattville, carried out some work in Gothic taste about 1835. The house is now used as a wedding venue and for corporate events. To enable catering for large parties a commercial kitchen was built to fit in with the architecture of the rest of the building. In 2012…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.0656, -2.9939
- Address
- North Petherton, Somerset, England
Sources
- wikidata: Q16707749 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Maunsel House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Maunsel House?
- Maunsel House is in South West England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.0656°, -2.9939°.
- Who owns Maunsel House?
- Maunsel House is owned by Sir Benjamin Slade.