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{{Short description|Country house in Somerset, England, United Kingdom}}
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| location = [[Combe Florey]], [[Somerset]], England
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| owner = Private
| designation1 = Grade II listed building
| designation1_offname = Combe Florey House, Flanking Steps and Balustrade
| designation1_date = 25 February 1955
| designation1_number = 1059227
| designation2 = Grade II* listed building
| designation2_offname = Gatehouse at Combe Florey House
| designation2_date = 25 February 1955
| designation2_number = 1059226
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| designation3_offname = Well Head 5M south of gatehouse at Combe Florey House
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'''Combe Florey House''' in [[Combe Florey]], [[Somerset]], England is a [[English country house|country house]] dating from the early 18th century. It replaced an [[Elizabethan era|Elizabethan]] [[manor house]] which was pulled down after the [[English Civil War]]. The gatehouse to the original manor survives. In the mid-20th century, the house was home to the writer [[Evelyn Waugh]] who died there in 1966 and is buried next to the [[churchyard]] of the adjacent [[Church of St Peter & St Paul, Combe Florey|Church of St Peter & St Paul]]. Combe Florey House is a [[Listed building|Grade II listed building]].

==History==

==Architecture and description==

==Notes==
{{notes}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Sources==
* {{cite book
|last1=Mitford | first1 = Nancy | last2=Waugh |first2=Evelyn
|author1-link= Nancy Mitford | author2-link = Evelyn Waugh
|editor = Charlotte Mosley
|title = The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh
|url = https://www.worldcat.org/title/35855565
|year = 1996
|location = London
|publisher= [[Hodder & Stoughton]]
|isbn = 978-0-340-63804-0
}}
* {{cite book | last1 = Orbach | first1 = Julian | last2 = Pevsner | first2 = Nikolaus
| author2-link = Nikolaus Pevsner
| title = Somerset: South and West
| series = [[Pevsner Architectural Guides|The Buildings Of England]]
| year = 2014
| url = https://www.worldcat.org/title/898058210
| publisher = [[Yale University Press]]
| location = New Haven, US and London
| isbn = 978-0-300-20740-8
| oclc = 898058210
}}
* {{cite book
|last= Page |first = Norman
|title = An Evelyn Waugh Chronology
|url = https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OhqJDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA143&lpg=PA143&dq=Piers+Court+Nancy+Spain+Noel+Buxton&source=bl&ots=4Hitv8zQKZ&sig=ACfU3U0FMmrJqg910Do6_Of3Clkoyg9pAg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiUnOrJrvT7AhX1QEEAHeHwDdAQ6AF6BAglEAM#v=onepage&q=Piers%20Court%20Nancy%20Spain%20Noel%20Buxton&f=false
|year = 1997
|location = New York
|publisher = [[Springer Publishing]]
|isbn = 978-0-230-37254-2
}}

==External links==



[[Category:Country houses in Somerset]]
[[Category:Grade II listed houses in Somerset]]
[[Category:Grade II* listed buildings in Taunton Deane]]

Revision as of 09:53, 13 December 2022

Combe Florey House
Combe Florey House is located in Somerset
Combe Florey House
Location of Combe Florey House in Somerset
LocationCombe Florey, Somerset, England
Coordinates51°04′28″N 3°12′46″W / 51.0744°N 3.2128°W / 51.0744; -3.2128
OwnerPrivate
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameCombe Florey House, Flanking Steps and Balustrade
Designated25 February 1955
Reference no.1059227
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameGatehouse at Combe Florey House
Designated25 February 1955
Reference no.1059226
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameWell Head 5M south of gatehouse at Combe Florey House
Designated4 May 1984
Reference no.1344855

Combe Florey House in Combe Florey, Somerset, England is a country house dating from the early 18th century. It replaced an Elizabethan manor house which was pulled down after the English Civil War. The gatehouse to the original manor survives. In the mid-20th century, the house was home to the writer Evelyn Waugh who died there in 1966 and is buried next to the churchyard of the adjacent Church of St Peter & St Paul. Combe Florey House is a Grade II listed building.

History

Architecture and description

Notes

References

Sources

  • Mitford, Nancy; Waugh, Evelyn (1996). Charlotte Mosley (ed.). The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-0-340-63804-0.
  • Orbach, Julian; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2014). Somerset: South and West. The Buildings Of England. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-20740-8. OCLC 898058210.
  • Page, Norman (1997). An Evelyn Waugh Chronology. New York: Springer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-230-37254-2.

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