Manor Farmhouse, Meare

Manor Farmhouse, Meare
Manor Farmhouse
Location: Meare, Somerset, England
Coordinates: 51°10′19″N 2°46′44″W / 51.17194°N 2.77889°W / 51.17194; -2.77889Coordinates: 51°10′19″N 2°46′44″W / 51.17194°N 2.77889°W / 51.17194; -2.77889
Built: 14th century
Listed Building – Grade I
Official name: Manor Farmhouse
Designated: 22 November, 1966[1]
Reference #: 267769
Manor Farmhouse, Meare is located in Somerset
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Location of Manor Farmhouse in Somerset

The Manor Farmhouse in Meare, Somerset, England was built in the 14th century as the summer residence of the Abbots from Glastonbury Abbey and is now a farmhouse. Along with its outbuildings the farmhouse has been designated as a Grade I listed building.[1]

A stone figure in robes and mitre appears above the porch which is believed to represent Abbot Richard Whiting,[1] who presided over Glastonbury at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries under King Henry VIII of England, and was imprisoned in the Tower of London and executed on Glastonbury Tor in 1539. He is considered a martyr by the Roman Catholic Church, which beatified him on 13 May 1895.

The nearby Abbot's Fish House was built around the same time as the house.[2]

See also

  • List of Grade I listed buildings in Mendip

References

  1. ^ a b c "Manor Farmhouse with attached range of outbuuildings". Images of England. English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=267769. Retrieved 2009-05-28. 
  2. ^ "The Abbot's Fish House". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=267765. Retrieved 2006-11-25. 
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