The Gatehouse, Baltonsborough

The Gatehouse
Location within Somerset
General information
Town or city Baltonsborough
Country England
Coordinates 51°06′35″N 2°39′54″W / 51.1098°N 2.6650°W / 51.1098; -2.6650
Completed 16th century

The Gatehouse in Baltonsborough, Somerset, England, is a thatched house dating from the 16th century.[1] It has been designated a Grade I listed building.[2]

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.[3] It has a cruck roof which shows signs of blackening from the smoke of the earlier open fire.[2]

The house is named after the "Gatehouse" family who lived there from 1699 until 1839.[4] It remained part of their estate until 1947.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Gatehouse". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
  2. 1 2 "The Gatehouse". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 Siraut, M.C.; Williamson, Elizabeth. "Parishes: Baltonsborough In: A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 9, Glastonbury and Street". British History Online. Victoria County History. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Avalon Marshes Heritage Walks: Baltonsborough, Butt Moor and the Brue" (PDF). Avalon Marshes. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
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