Hinton House, Hinton Charterhouse Explained

Hinton House
Coordinates:51.324°N -2.324°W
Location:Hinton Charterhouse, Somerset, England
Designation1:Grade II* listed building
Designation1 Offname:Hinton House
Designation1 Date:1 February 1956
Designation1 Number:1136140

Hinton House in Hinton Charterhouse, Somerset, England was built around 1700. It is a Grade II* listed building.[1]

History

The house was built around 1700 on the site of an earlier monastic grange and barn.[1] [2] Various renovations and expansions of the house took place in the first half of the 19th century.[3]

In the 1940s and 1950s the house was enlarged by George Phillips Manners and John Elkington Gill,[1] and the house was converted into three flats.[4]

In 2017 an application was made to alter the access roads to the house.[5]

Architecture

The three-bay stone building has a slate roof with a balustraded parapet. The attached conservatory has an arcade of six Tuscan columns.[1]

The grounds feature specimen trees and a walled kitchen garden.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hinton House. National Heritage List for England. Historic England. 12 April 2018.
  2. Web site: Hinton House History 1. Hinton Charterhouse. 12 April 2018.
  3. Web site: Hinton House History 2. Hinton Charterhouse. 12 April 2018.
  4. Web site: Hinton House History 3. Hinton Charterhouse. 12 April 2018.
  5. Web site: Hinton House Estate. Greenhalgh Landscape Architecture. 12 April 2018.
  6. Web site: Hinton House, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath & North East Somerset, England. Parks & Gardens UK. Parks and Gardens Data Services Ltd. 12 April 2018.