Glen House

Glen House is a house situated in Brutton, dating to the late 17th and 18th centuries. It is a house in a row, built of local stone with squared details, Doulting stone dressings and a Ludlow pattern concrete tile roof with plain gables. Brick chimney stacks are present at the ends and between the bays. The house has a ‘T’ plan with later additions, and stands two storeys high with an attic, originally featuring four bays. A plinth runs along the front. The left-hand bay features an oval first-floor window within a plain surround. Below this, a four-light ovolo mould timber frame window sits above a two-light casement. Bay 2 has a 12-pane sash window at a mezzanine level. Bay 3 contains a 20th-century glazed door set in a stone surround with fluted attached Doric columns supporting an entablature with modillions and metopes, a flat head, and a recessed footscraper to the right. Bay 4 contains an upper four-pane sash window. Several former window openings are now blocked. The rear elevation is in a Regency style and includes a timber fret balcony supported by a fan corbel. To the east rear is a former dairy wing featuring several 18th-century carved stones, some of which are used as garden ornaments, likely derived from Bruton Abbey, demolished after 1786. The interior contains early shutters to the ovolo mould windows and two-panel doors of the original room. A circular wooden staircase is located next to the gable wall fireplace. A dining room dates to the 18th century, and the staircase is of similar period with a lantern. The house was once the home of Mr. Wood, a silk throwster, and previously contained a large pleasure ground and garden. Sexey's school occupied the house in 1889 whilst their current premises were under construction.