Burton Pynsent House

#2432 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Burton Pynsent House is a historic country-house in the parish of Curry Rivel, Somerset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. The house was built in stages between 1565 and 1765, when it was bequeathed to William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham by Sir William Pynsent, 2nd Baronet, who did not want the house to go to Lord North. Pitt had an additional wing built to a design by Lancelot Brown, and the subsequent owner demolished everything but this wing in 1805. ()

Built: 1756 (268 years ago)Elevation: 230 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°1'2"N, 2°53'45"W

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Burton Pynsent House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Andrew's Church, Burton Pynsent Monument, Church of St Martin, St Catherine.

1.3 miNE
Church
St Andrew's Church, Curry Rivel
34 min walk • The Church of St Andrew in Curry Rivel, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century and is designated as a Grade I listed building. It was included in Simon Jenkins England's Thousand Best Churches.
0.4 miNE
Museum, Memorial
Burton Pynsent Monument
12 min walk • The 140 feet Burton Pynsent Monument on Troy Hill at Burton Pynsent, within the parish of Curry Rivel, Somerset, England, was built in 1767 and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
1.6 miSW
Church
Church of St Martin
42 min walk • The Anglican Church of St Martin in Fivehead, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The church built of Hamstone includes a three-bay nave, chancel, south aisle and porch, and a west tower. The three-stage tower dates from around 1505.
0.7 miS
Church
St Catherine
17 min walk • The Church of St Catherine in Swell Lane, Fivehead, Somerset, England dates from the 12th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. It has a three-bay nave and two bay chancel. The vane is supported by buttresses. The door in the south porch has a Norman, Romanesque chevron arch. The six bells were restored in 2007.
1.1 miNW
National park
West Sedgemoor
27 min walk • West Sedgemoor or West Sedge Moor is an area of the Somerset Levels, in Somerset, England, around 8 miles east of Taunton, which approximately coincides with the West Sedgemoor biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, a 1,016 hectare site notified as an SSSI in 1983.

Burton Pynsent House

Facts and practical information

Burton Pynsent House plan & book

Burton Pynsent House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

St Andrew's Church, Curry Rivel

Burton Pynsent Monument

Church of St Martin

St Catherine

West Sedgemoor