Eastwood Manor Farm Steading

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Eastwood Manor Farm Steading
LocationEast Harptree, Somerset, England
Built1860
ArchitectRobert Smith
Listed Building – Grade I
Official nameEastwood Manor Farm Steading
Designated15 January 1986[1]
Reference no.32763
Eastwood Manor Farm Steading is located in Somerset
Eastwood Manor Farm Steading
Location of Eastwood Manor Farm Steading in Somerset

Eastwood Manor Farm Steading in East Harptree, Somerset, England is a Grade I listed building.[1]

It was built in 1860 by Robert Smith for William Taylor at a cost of £1,500. Taylor had been the butler to Sir William Gourney of Gourney Court in West Harptree who married his masters daughter and inherited the family fortune.[2]

The farm including the site for the construction of Eastwood Manor was bought by Charles Adams Kemble (son of the Reverend Charles Kemble, rector of Bath) in the 1860s.[3]

The barn covers 1.25 acres (0.51 ha) with 5 bays to the main facade.[4] It contained several feed stores, two bullock yards with fountains, a flax mill, cider press and threshing machine. The machinery was powered by a water mill which was replaced by steam, oil and diesel engines.[2]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Eastwood Manor Farm Steading". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
  2. ^ a b Lees, Dan (1986). Off-Beat Somerset. Bodmin: Bossiney Books. pp. 81–85. ISBN 0 948158 15 8.
  3. ^ Budd, Jon (1999). East Harptree: Times remembered, time forgotten. East Harptree Millenium Committee. pp. 153–156. ISBN 978-0953751501.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Eastwood Manor Farm Steading (1129549)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 April 2015.