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Monument Number 191830
Hob Uid: 191830
Location : Somerset South Somerset Donyatt
Grid Ref : ST3430014470
Summary : Site of a moated manor house and possible fishpond. The house was fortified without licence circa 1329. In 1866, an Elizabethan manor house and a building dated 1345 were recorded on the site. The 14th century building was serving as a barn. Both were probably demolished circa 1900.
More information : [ST 3429 1449] Manor House [G.T.] (site of) (1) Collinson refers to Park Farm, Donyatt, 1/2 mile east of the church, as an ancient manor house, fortified in 2 Edw III (2). The society visited the manor house in 1866, and a building dated 1345, described as having been a chamber attached to the manor house on one side of a quadrangle, was then in use as a barn. It had windows which appeared to be of 14th Cent. date, probably part of the original building. One window was of the Decorated Style. The main house was then Elizabethan (3). The last remaining part of the manor house built in 1345, was recently pulled down [c.1900] and the material used in adjacent farm buildings (4) There are now no remains of either building described by Authy 3. Bothare illustrated in Braikenridge(a)(See AO/65/231/2 & 3) and a comparison of these drawings with the Tithe Map suggests that the earlier building was at ST 3430 1447 and the Elizabethan house at ST34321445. The remains of a dry moat can be traced on three sides of this site and it is said that the moat could be seen on the fourth side until the present farm buildings were erected c.1900. A large pond within the moated area may be a fishpond.Surveyed at 1:2500. Medieval encaustic tiles in Taunton Museum (ACC 3193-4) presented by W.L. Radford in 1901 are described as "from the chapel at Park Farm", Donyatt. (5) No change. (6) The site has been surveyed as part of an ongoing programme of surveys of moated sites in Somerset by Somerset County Council. (7) Listed as a possible castle by Cathcart King. (8)

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Source details : OS 6" (Prov) 1962
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Source details : Hist of Somer 1 1791 35-6 (Collinson)
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Source details : F1 GHP 19-OCT-65
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Source details : Mss. Braikenridge's illustrated Collinson (Somer A & NHS Library)
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Source details : Tithe Map of Donyatt 1838
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Source details : F2 MJF 24-JUL-75
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Moat, Fishpond
Evidence : Earthwork

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Recorded 1329
Monument End Date : 1329
Monument Start Date : 1329
Monument Type : Fortified Manor House
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Dated 1345
Monument End Date : 1345
Monument Start Date : 1345
Monument Type : Fortified Manor House, Date Stone
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Elizabethan
Monument End Date : 1603
Monument Start Date : 1558
Monument Type : Manor House
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : 1866
Monument End Date : 1866
Monument Start Date : 1866
Monument Type : Manor House, Barn
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 31 SW 11
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1965-10-19
End Date : 1965-10-19

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1975-07-24
End Date : 1975-07-24

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 191830