Mells Manor

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Mells Manor
Church of St Andrew
LocationMells, Somerset, England
Coordinates51°14′31.47″N 2°23′31.79″W / 51.2420750°N 2.3921639°W / 51.2420750; -2.3921639
Built16th century
Listed Building – Grade I
Official nameMells Manor and garden walls to rear
Designated11 March 1968[1]
Reference no.1058351
National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens
Official nameMells Manor House
TypeGrade I
Designated1 June 1984[2]
Reference no.1000442
Mells Manor is located in Somerset
Mells Manor
Location of Mells Manor in Somerset

Mells Manor at

Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England.[2]

History

The building was originally much more extensive than its current appearance, including a north wing, with two thirds of the building being demolished around 1780. It was then used as a farmhouse and subsequently as a school for boys undertaking holy orders.[4]

Mells Manor was purportedly procured by Thomas Horner, who had been entrusted by

Richard Whiting, the last Abbot of Glastonbury, who had concealed several deeds as a gift to King Henry VIII to curry his favour against nationalising the Church of England and seizing church lands. Prior to this, Horner found the deed for Mells Manor, which he kept for himself. This act is referenced in the popular nursery rhyme Little Jack Horner. An alternative and more likely explanation from Horner's descendants is that the manor was bought from the King's Commissioners in 1543.[5][6]

The house was visited by Charles I and his troops in 1644.[4]

In 1724, Thomas Strangways Horner moved out of the manor house in the village and commissioned Nathaniel Ireson to build Park House within Mells Park.[7]

The park is bordered by the Mells River.[5] Many sites on the river and its tributaries, owned by the Horners were leased to James Fussell and his family to establish water-powered mills for the production of iron tools.[8]

The house is a residence of the Earl of Oxford and Asquith.

See also

  • List of Grade I listed buildings in Mendip

References

  1. ^ a b Historic England. "Mells Manor and garden walls to rear (1058351)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  2. ^ a b Historic England. "Mells Manor House (1000442)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  3. ^ Wickham, A.K. (1965). Churches of Somerset. Dawlish: David & Charles. p. 37.
  4. ^ a b Robinson, W.J. (1915). West Country Churches. Bristol: Bristol Times and Mirror Ltd. pp. 41–42.
  5. ^ a b "Park, Mells". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Somerset County Council. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  6. ISBN 978-0-901571-87-8
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  7. ISBN 978-0-86183-390-0
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  8. ISBN 978-0-9565869-1-9
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