History - Heritage

The Basilica of St Gregory the Great at Downside, commonly known as Downside Abbey, is a Catholic Benedictine monastery and Read more…

The Yarn Market in Dunster a 17th Century timber framed octagonal market hall was once the centre of Exmoor’s cloth Read more…

Lytes Cary Manor, Somerset manor house with Arts and Crafts-style garden. Originally the family home of Henry Lyte, where he Read more…

West Pennard Court Barn is a 15th-century barn with an unusual roof and upper floor made of compacted earth. Read more…

Dyrham Park, late 17th-century mansion, garden and deer park. Managed by the National Trust. Read more…

King John’s Hunting Lodge, restored early Tudor (c.1500) Wool-merchant’s house. Includes local history museum. Managed by the National Trust. Read more…

Chalice Well is one of Britain’s most ancient wells, located in the Vale of Avalon between the Glastonbury Tor and Read more…

Montacute House is an Elizabethan (1588-1601) Ham-stone house noted for its tapestries, 16th/17th Century furniture, and Tudor and Jacobean portraits. Read more…

A 14th-century fish house at Meare was once the abode of Glastonbury Abbey fishermen, who fished the, now drained, Meare Read more…

The Jane Austen Centre is a museum dedicated to the life and works of one of Bath’s most famous residents, Read more…

Beckford’s Tower is a folly situated on Lansdown Hill, just outside Bath in Somerset. Built in 1827 for Bath resident, Read more…

The Roman Baths is the site of the original public bathing house during Roman times, located in central Bath adjacent Read more…