Due to re-open in the summer of 2010, the Grand Pier is closed for the re-construction of a brand new state of the art pavilion. Wednesday 3rd February saw the “Topping Out Ceremony” carried out on Weston super Mare’s Grand Pier. The re-building of the famous landmark, which was devastated by fire in July 2008, […]
Montacute House
Montacute House is a magnificent, glittering mansion, built in the late 16th century for Sir Edward Phelips. Renaissance highlights include elegant chimneys, carved parapets, contemporary plasterwork and heraldic glass. On walking through the grand Long Gallery, the longest of its kind in Europe, visitors can admire more than 50 of the finest Tudor and Elizabethan […]
Dunster Castle
The Tor at Dunster has been home to a castle for more than 1000 years. During Saxon times, the spectacular hilltop location served as a frontier fortress against Celtic and Viking raiders. It is recorded in the Domesday Book as being owned by the Saxon Aelfric before 1066. Following the Battle of Hastings, William the […]
Combe Sydenham
Tudor E-plan house built in 1580 for Sir George Sydenham with earlier defensive gatehouse, and rebuilt following the Restoration in 1660. Deer park and woodland walks. Winner of Sandford Award 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999,2004, 2009