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    The Beautiful SOUTH

    Jul 11, 2019 4 minutes

    Barrington Court

    Discover echoes of history at this manor house in the heart of Somerset

    Barrington Court, situated near Ilminster in Somerset, is a breathtaking Tudor manor house dating from the 1530s. Empty of furniture today, the house itself has a rather haunting quality which is at odds with the beautiful, richly-coloured gardens that now surround it.

    The property was once owned by a succession of grand families, but eventually fell on hard times, becoming just a tenant farm in the 18th century before being damaged by fire in the early 19th.

    In 1907, Barrington became the first really grand house acquired by the

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