The Manor House is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1961. Manor house. 1 related planning application.

The Manor House

WRENN ID
rusted-parapet-root
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 March 1961
Type
Manor house
Address
The Manor House, Bruton, BA10 0PP
OS grid reference
ST 661 343
Coordinates
51.10704, -2.48449
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Manor House is a manor house dating from the 15th century, with a significant addition made around 1820. It is constructed from local stone rubble with ashlar dressings and features a Welsh slate roof that is coped at the north gable and hipped at the south end. The building has stone end and intermediate chimney stacks with moulded caps.

The house is two storeys high and has a five-bay west front, where the fifth bay, added in the 1820s, projects. The first four bays have hollow chamfered mullioned windows with configurations of 2-3-3-2 lights below and 3-2-2-2 lights above, all without hoods. There is a chamfered cambered arch doorway without a hood between the second and third bays, and a 19th-century doorway with a keystoned lintel between the third and fourth bays. The fifth bay features two-light Gothick mullioned windows, with the lower window having a transom and both windows having labels.

The south front, added in the 19th century, is also two storeys high and has three bays. The outer bays have three-light mullioned and transomed Gothick windows, while the upper bay two has a matching two-light window. The central entrance features a four-panel door in a moulded surround with a four-centre arched fanlight beneath a square label.

Inside, there is a massive fireplace in the north room and a large kitchen fireplace. A curved staircase and curved collars to the trusses in the north bedroom suggest that the building underwent reflooring and re-windowing of an open hall type in the 17th century. The early 19th-century wing includes older decorations and cornices of Gothick style. The Church of the Holy Trinity is attached to the northeast corner, forming an important group with the Manor House.

Local climate

The Manor House receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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