Greenham Barton is a 13th-century

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in the

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Stawley Stawley is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated west of Taunton. The parish has a population of 279 and includes the village of Kittisford and the hamlets of Appley, Greenham and Tracebridge. History The manor was recorde ...

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, England (at Greenham, west of Wellington in Somerset). Built in 1279, it has been designated as a Grade I

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. In early 14th century the local lords of the manor were the Bluett and Cothay families, who owned both the nearby Cothay Manor and Greenham Barton. The manor came to the Bluett family around 1300 when Sir Walter Bluett married the daughter of the then owner Simon de Gryndenham. Later - in the early 14th century - John Bluett, the elder son of the union of the Bluett family with the Cothay family, inherited Greenham Barton, with the younger son Richard inheriting Cothay. The nearby manor of

Holcombe Rogus Holcombe Rogus is a village, civil parish and ecclesiastical parish in the English county of Devon. In 2001 the population of the parish was 503. Name The first element of the place-name is derived from Old English for a deep or hollow coomb (v ...

, in Devon, was acquired by the Bluett family in the early 15th century, where they resided at Holcombe Court until 1858. The original house consisted of living quarters around a courtyard with the

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being modernised in the early-mid 16th century. During

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the condition of the house deteriorated until it was bought by a Mr Fry in 1920 and renovated. Further restoration has been undertaken since 1968 when it was bought by Mr ER Willis.

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{{reflist Houses completed in the 15th century Grade I listed buildings in Taunton Deane Grade I listed houses

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