Halsway Manor

Halsway manor was held in 1086 by Roger de Courcelles with Alric, the owner in 1066, as his tenant. The manor passed through many owners down to 1965 and these are listed in the Victoria County History for Somerset, Volume 5. The manor house, which is mentioned in the Domesday Book, is claimed to have been built by Cardinal Beaufort as a hunting lodge. The eastern end of the building dates from the fifteenth century; the western end is a nineteenth-century addition. The interior was substantially altered in the 1920s and 1930s, with interior panelling and mantelpieces brought in from various other houses. The house was a family home until the mid-1960s, when it became the folk music centre.…