Montacute House is an Elizabethan (1588-1601) Ham-stone house noted for its tapestries, 16th/17th Century furniture, and Tudor and Jacobean portraits. The house was one of the first to be buit without fortifications but purely as a house to show off.
The house stands in 120ha (300 acres) of gardens and park.
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The William Dampier is a Wetherspoon pub that is located in Yeovil and is a great place to come and enjoy some pub classic meals with family and friends today. Share: Read more…
Tintinhull House is a small 17th Century manor that is not open to the public. The formal gardens designed predominantly by Mrs Reiss (1933-1960) are open to the public with small pools, secluded lawns and beautiful borders divided by low hedges. Share: Read more…
Stoke-sub-Hamdon Priory, 14th/15th-century farm buildings, formerly a priests’ residence, now managed by the National Trust and The Great Hall is open to visitors. Share: Read more…
The Fleet Air Arm Museum comprises four large halls. Each hall has ground floor and upper levels telling the stories of naval aviation from the first manned kites towed behind naval vessels, to helium filled airships, seaplanes, bi planes and the carrier borne aircraft of WW2 and modern Sea Harriers and helicopters. Share: Read more…
Cadbury castle stands on the summit of Cadbury Hill, a limestone hill with flat lowland to the north. The summit is 153 metres (500 ft) above sea-level. The hill is surrounded by four terraced earthwork banks and ditches and a stand of trees. Local tradition, first written down by John Leland in 1532, holds that Cadbury Castle was King Arthur’s Read more…
