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Midelney Manor
LocationDrayton, Somerset, England
BuiltLate 16th century
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated17 April 1959[1]
Reference no.264359
Midelney Manor is located in Somerset
Midelney Manor
Location of Midelney Manor in Somerset

Midelney Manor in Drayton, Somerset, England was built in the late 16th century in two distinct halves by Richard and Thomas Trevillian. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.[1]

The manor house is sited on a former island site, and was the property of Muchelney Abbey, passing to the Trevillian family after the dissolution of the monasteries.

The building incorporates fragments of an earlier medieval building on the site which burned down.[2]

At the rear of the house is an 18th-century falcon mews.[3]

In 1985 the Manor was the venue for a television quiz series in which guests identify the origin and use of various artifacts.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Midelney Manor, forecourt and garden walling with gate-piers". Images of England. Retrieved 2007-09-28.
  2. ^ "Midelney Manor". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Somerset County Council. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Visit: Muchelney Abbey and Midelney Manor". Art Fund. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  4. ^ "The Heritage Game: Midelney Manor". British Film Institute. Retrieved 24 November 2012.