North Perrott Manor House which later became Perrott Hill School in

North Perrott North Perrott is a village and civil parish in south Somerset, England, near the border with Dorset. History The name Perrott comes from the River Parrett. There is evidence of Roman and Iron Age settlement in the village. The manor was he ...

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, England was built in 1877 by

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. It is a Grade II*

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History

The Manor House was built in 1877 by

for P.M. Hoskyns. The Hoskyns family lived in the house until 1940 when pupils from Feltonfleet School in

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were evacuated to North Perrott Manor House. After

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it became Perrott Hill School. The

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is a prep school for children from 3 to 13 years. Boarding facilities are provided in the old house. While in use as the school additional buildings and sports facilities have been added, including a music building with a sedum roof.

Architecture

The L-shaped two-storey

hamstone Hamstone is a honey-coloured building stone from Ham Hill, Somerset, England. It is a well-cemented medium to coarse grained limestone characterised by marked bedding planes of clay inclusions and less well-cemented material which weather dif ...

building has clay tiled roofs. The front of the building has a porch with an archway flanked by Doric columns. To the south side of the building is an

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the roof of which was replaced after bomb damage in

. There is a two-storey stable block. The courtyard is surrounded by a hamstone wall with stone

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. A stone summerhouse is set into the wall. The grounds include a sunken garden with stone seats and ornaments.

References

{{reflist Grade II* listed buildings in South Somerset Thomas Henry Wyatt buildings Grade II* listed houses in Somerset Grade II* listed educational buildings Houses completed in 1877 Hamstone buildings 1877 establishments in England