Gardens · South Wales
Clapton Court
Clapton Court — a garden in wales-south, United Kingdom.
Sharon Loxton — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Dog-friendly
About
Clapton Court is a garden of interest in wales-south, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Clapton Court is a Grade II listed building, in Clapton in Gordano within the English county of Somerset. Local lords of the manor, the Arthur family originally built on the site. The current porch tower remains from the 15th-century house; the rest was added in the 17th and 19th centuries. It has been owned by many local gentry, but changed from mansion house to farmhouse.
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Background
History
The first manor house on the site was built by Sir William Arthur in the 13th century. Sir Thomas Arthur was the member of parliament for Somerset in the 1390s. In the 14th century his descendant Richard Arthur added to the house. He married Alice the daughter of James Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley and the entwined coats of arms of the two families appear on the entrance porch. Edward Arthur died in 1592, his daughter married William Winter (or Wynter) of Dyrham Park and the house was passed down in the Winter family. who was a director of the family business, WD & HO Wills. In the late 19th century the court was owned by his son Sir Ernest Wills, 3rd Baronet, who was a director of the…
Architecture
The house has red sandstone walls, which are supported by buttresses in the northeast corner. The oldest part of the building is the 15th-century three-storey porch tower at the north front of the house. The archway entrance was built in the late 17th or early 18th century.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.4579, -2.7687
- District
- North Somerset
- Parish
- Clapton-in-Gordano
- Postcode
- BS20 7RJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Somerset
Sources
- wikidata: Q26421929 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Clapton Court (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Clapton Court?
- Clapton Court is in South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode BS20 7RJ), in the parish of Clapton-in-Gordano.
- Who owns Clapton Court?
- Clapton Court is owned by | designation1 = Grade II listed building.
- How do I get to Clapton Court?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BS20 7RJ. It sits within the North Somerset parliamentary constituency.