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Reference no.
  
264275

Designated as world heritage site
  
19 April 1961

Year built
  
1585

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Location
  
South Petherton, Somerset, England

Wigborough Manor House in South Petherton, Somerset, England was partly built in 1585 although never completed to the original designs and subsequently modified. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

The estate was shared by members of the Brome Family from 1581 to 1615, when it passed to the family of Hele of Flete who held it for most of the 17th century.

The house is built of local Ham stone with Welsh slate roofs. The core the house consists of a screens passage with a gallery above it. When the house was built was a projecting garderobe turret, however this has since been removed. Dendochronology of the wood forming the tie beam-and-Collar beam trusses of the roof has shown that a construction date of 1585 is more likely than the previous estimates which suggested an earlier date.

A two-storey house in the grounds, was originally a brewhouse or dairy. It was built in the 19th century. There is also a former coach house from the 18th century. The cider house includes cellars and a loft. There are also various barns and stables, part of which is from 1765. The boundary wall has sections which date from the 16th century however much of it was rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries.

The Vaux Park Polo Club has its headquarters at Wigborough Manor.

References

Wigborough Manor House Wikipedia