DILLINGTON HOUSE: Interiors & When King Raedwald Came to Tea
With Somerset District Council no longer running Dillington House from the end of September 2023, I wanted to share some photos of the interior. I thought I would include some photos I took some years ago on an Anglo-Saxon course. The tutors brought with them the...
DILLINGTON HOUSE: End of an era: 1949 to 2023
In September 2023 Dillington House will no longer be run by Somerset County Council. It has provided a wonderful venue for residential adult education courses since 1949. In recent years the council expanded its offering as a venue for events, meetings, and weddings....
SEPTEMBER 1761 Diary of Edward Phelips V: George III’s Coronation, Lady Augusta Fane & Leweston Manor
Main Photo Source: ‘George III (1738-1820)’ by Allan Ramsay (1713-1784), c. 1761-62. Source: Wikimedia Commons.[i] The coronation of George III and Queen Charlotte took place on Tuesday 22nd of September 1761. It was nothing like the well planned and executed...
KING GEORGE III: A Blessing or A Curse?: A View from Edward Phelips’ V Commonplace Book
Main Photo Source: ‘George III (1738-1820), Queen Charllotte (1744-1818) and their Six Eldest Children’ by Johann Zoffany, Royal Collection. Source: Wikimedia Commons.[i] In the Commonplace book of Edward Phelips[ii] there are two poems about George III. The first...
EDWARD PHELIPS V of Montacute House: 1725-34: Birth, Early Schools, & Loss of Father
This post looks at the early years of Edward Phelips V as described in his autobiography A Short Sketch of Anecdotes in My Life.[i] This work covers his life from his birth in 1725 until the end of 1788. 12th of April 1725: Edward is born at Park Place, Westminster,...
THE PHELIPS ARMS: An Inn to Establish the Family Name
The Historic England listing of 1961 names this inn the ‘Phelips Arms Hotel’. However, it does note that it was formerly listed as the ‘Phelips Arms Inn’. The listing, its source being the Victoria County History Vol. III, notes that it maybe the successor to an inn...
THE SOMERSET COUNTRY HOUSE
The Somerset Country House started out from research into the social history of Montacute House. The aim is to provide insights into the historical culture of the country house. Blog posts on houses in Somerset and further afield will help build up a repository of different elements and factual details to support country house studies and general interest. The Somerset Country House is a non-commercial site.