Southill House, Cranmore

Southill House in Cranmore, Somerset, England, is an early 18th-century manor house. It was given a new facade by John Wood, the Younger, of Bath, in the late 18th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.[1]

Southill House
Location within Somerset
General information
Town or cityCranmore
CountryEngland
Coordinates51.1819°N 2.4708°W / 51.1819; -2.4708
CompletedEarly 18th century

The house is on a site which may have been used for Roman buildings including a hypocaust.[2][3]

The current 18th-century building includes some remains from a 17th-century building,.[4] standing in a landscaped park.[5]

in World War II the house was used as a base for the Auxiliary Unit Scout Patrol.[6]

The house received moderate publicity in 1998 when a "cow grazing near the croquet lawn" fell through the turf into a forgotten tunnel. The writings of a Victorian servant in the house, Edwin Charles Cox, revealed that the passages were said to be haunted but upon his exploration only contained remainder furniture.[7]

In 2011 the house was short-listed in a competition run by Country Life magazine to find England's Favourite House and was chosen as the South West regional winner.[8][9][10] The house was owned by the Cotterell family for over 10 years who then eventually sold the house to a London banker.

See also
  • List of Grade I listed buildings in Mendip

References
  1. "Southill House and outbuildings". historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
  2. "Roman building, West Cranmore". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Somerset County Council. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  3. "Roman buildings, Cranmore". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Somerset County Council. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  4. "Southill House and outbuildings, Cranmore". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Somerset County Council. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  5. "Park Southill House, West Cranmore". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Somerset County Council. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  6. Truscoe, Krystyna. "Interim Report for Aerial Survey Component Eastern Mendip Block 1: ST 66 41 to ST 71 46" (PDFaccessdate=24 November 2012). The Aggregate Landscape of Somerset: Predicting the Archaeological Resource. Somerset County Council and English Heritage. p. 35.
  7. "Tunnels at Shepton Mallet". News. Frome in Wessex. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
  8. "England's Favourite House 2011". Savills. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  9. "England's Favourite House". Telegraph. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  10. "'Remarkable' country home's win". This is Somerset. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
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