North Cadbury Court

North Cadbury Court
Old mansion house with triangular roofs. In the foreground is a garden with gravestones.
Location:	North Cadbury, Somerset, England
Coordinates:	51°02′30″N 2°31′17″W / 51.04167°N 2.52139°W / 51.04167; -2.52139Coordinates: 51°02′30″N 2°31′17″W / 51.04167°N 2.52139°W / 51.04167; -2.52139
Built:	c 1580-1610
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated:	24 March 1961[1]
Reference #:	262112
Location of North Cadbury Court in Somerset

North Cadbury Court in North Cadbury, Somerset, England is a country house built around 1580-1610, by Sir Francis Hastings. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.^[1]

Hastings inherited the estate from his father in 1544.^[2] After his wife died in 1596 Hastings sold the court with the rest of the manor to Matthew Ewens. In the early 17th century the house and estate was bought by Richard Newman whose family owned it until around 1796 when it was bought by the Bennett family. Around 1800 the courtyard was turned into a ballroom and the south façade rebuilt in Georgian style.^[2]

In 1910 the court was bought by Sir Archibald Langham and remains in his family.^[3]

During the 1980s the interior fittings and decoration of the adjacent Church of St Michael were damaged beyond repair. The local sculptor John Richardson designed modern figures to replace them. Some controversy arose about the figures and they were eventually placed on the wall of North Cadbury Court which overlooks the churchyard.^[4]

See also

• List of Grade I listed buildings in South Somerset

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "North Cadbury Court". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=262112. Retrieved 2008-02-08. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "North Cadbury Court". Newman family tree. http://www.newman-family-tree.net/Cadbury-Court.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-08. 
3. ^ Bush, Robin (1994). Somerset: The complete guide. Wimborne: The Dovecote Press Ltd. p. 154. ISBN 1874336261. 
4. ^ Warren, Derrick (2005). Curious Somerset. Stroud: Sutton Publishing. pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-0-7509-4057-3.