The Gatehouse | |
Location Town: | Baltonsborough |
Location Country: | England |
Completion Date: | 16th century |
Map Type: | Somerset |
Coordinates: | 51.1098°N -2.665°W |
The Gatehouse in Baltonsborough, Somerset, England, is a thatched house dating from the 16th century. It has been designated a Grade I listed building.
The first house was built in the 15th century, however only two bays of this survive. The building was extended in the late 16th century when a chimney was added in the great hall. A wing was added to the north east of the main hall in the mid 17th century. In the 19th century it was converted into three cottagers but restored to a single house in the 20th century. It has a cruck roof which shows signs of blackening from the smoke of the earlier open fire.
The house is named after the "Gatehouse" family who lived there from 1699 until 1839.[1] It remained part of their estate until 1947.[2]