Wayford Manor House

Wayford Manor House
Location	Wayford, Somerset, England, U.K.
Coordinates	50°51′19″N 2°50′45″W
Built	c. 1600
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated	4 February 1958[1]
Reference no.	1177681
Location of Wayford Manor House in Somerset

Wayford Manor House is a country house with a garden in Britain, situated in Wayford, Somerset, England. It has been designated a Grade I listed building.^[1]

House

The house includes a central range which was rebuilt about 1600 on the site of an earlier building by Charles Daubeney,^[2] probably with William Arnold as master mason.

The north wing was completed in 1900 by architect Sir Ernest George.^[1]

Garden

Work on the gardens, including terraces and archways was carried out by Harold Peto around 1902.^[3] Peto was the brother of the wife of Lawrence Ingham Baker when he bought the house.^[4] The current Arts and Crafts garden is partly built on the site of an earlier Elizabethan garden.^[5] It includes a Japanese garden and a collection of mature trees,^[6] along with a rock garden, orchard and shrubs.^[7] The garden is listed Grade II on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England.^[8]

Wayford Woods, close to the house, has an ornamental lake and is known for its large number of fairy doors.^[9][10]

See also

• List of Grade I listed buildings in South Somerset

References

1. Historic England. "Wayford Manor House (1177681)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
2. R.W. Dunning (editor), A.P. Baggs, R.J.E. Bush (1978). "Parishes: Wayford". A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 4. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 17 December 2012. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
3. Bond, James (1998). Somerset Parks and Gardens. Somerset Books. p. 135. ISBN 978-0861834655.
4. Plumptree, George (1985). Collins Book of British Gardens. London: Collins. pp. 280–281. ISBN 0002166410.
5. "Wayford Manor". Garden Visit.com. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
6. Kingsbury, Noel (25 May 2007). "The wonders of Wayford". Telegraph. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
7. "Wayford Manor, Yeovil, England". Parks and Gardens UK. Parks and Gardens Data Services Ltd. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
8. Historic England. "Wayford Manor (1001158)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
9. "'Fairy control' to halt tiny doors in Somerset woods" (retrieved 4 March 2015)
10. Morris, Steven (4 March 2015). "Fairies' woodland homes face planning control". Guardian. Retrieved 6 March 2015.

Further reading

• R. Whalley, The Great Edwardian Gardens of Harold Peto (2007)