St Audries Park

St Audries Park
The house in 2005
St Audries Park is located in Somerset
St Audries Park
Location within Somerset
51°10′25″N 3°16′26″W / 51.17361°N 3.27389°W / 51.17361; -3.27389
LocationWest Quantoxhead, Somerset, England
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated16 November 1984[1]
Reference no.1345730

St Audries Park Manor house at West Quantoxhead in the Quantock Hills of Somerset, England, was the manor house of the Acland family.[2] It was rebuilt on the site of an earlier house, between 1835 and 1870[1] and has had a number of owners since Sir Alexander sold the building.

The property was divided in 1934, when the house was sold and turned into St Audries School,[1] which remained in occupation until 1990. In 1996 the house was sold to the Amitabha Buddhist Centre.

It was sold again in 2001.[3]

The house and parkland are listed Grade II on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England.[4] They are also on the Heritage at Risk Register.[5]

It is now run as a wedding venue.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Historic England. "St. Audries School (1345730)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 March 2008.
  2. ↑ Richardson, I. J. "The Acland Family and Exmoor". Exmoor National Park.
  3. ↑ "Landscape park, West Quantoxhead". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Retrieved 10 March 2008.
  4. ↑ Historic England. "St Audries (House) (1001155)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "St Audries (House), West Quantoxhead - West Somerset". Heritage at Risk. English Heritage. Retrieved 20 October 2013.