The Abbey, Charlton Adam
The Abbey | |
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General information | |
Town or city | Charlton Mackrell |
Country | England |
Coordinates | 51°3′21″N 2°39′52″W / 51.05583°N 2.66444°W |
Completed | late 16th century |
The Abbey is a Grade I listed building in Somerset, England. Built on the site of a 12th-century chapel, which might be incorporated in fragments, the main building dates to the 16th century.
Building
The building is constructed from roughly cut
Inside there is pre-
History
The building was a large rectory house, described as a mansion in 1549. The house had become known as 'Abbey Farm' by 1849[2] and took its name from the fact that it was the site of the Chantry Chapel of the Holy Spirit, founded in 1237, of which some fragments may be incorporated;[1] however the building has never been an abbey.[2]
It underwent extensive restoration and rebuilding in the late 16th century.[2] The house was restored again in 1902 for Claude Neville of Butleigh Court, probably by C.E. Ponting, who also restored Lytes Cary in the same parish. The northern part of the house was damaged by fire in the 1960s and plainly restored.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "The Abbey". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d e R. W. Dunning (editor), A. P. Baggs, R. J. E. Bush, Margaret Tomlinson (1974). "Parishes: Charlton Adam". A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 3. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
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- Pevsner, Nikolaus. (1958). The Buildings of England: South and West Somerset. p. 120.