Enmore, Somerset

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Enmore
Enmore, Somerset (Somerset)
Enmore, Somerset

Enmore shown within Somerset
OS grid reference ST240351
District Sedgemoor
Shire county Somerset
Region South West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BRIDGWATER
Dialling code 01278
Police Avon and Somerset
Fire Devon and Somerset
Ambulance South Western
European Parliament South West England
UK Parliament Bridgwater
List of places: UK • England • Somerset

Coordinates: 51°06′38″N 3°05′11″W / 51.1105, -3.0865

Enmore is a village and civil parish 2 miles (3 km) west of Bridgwater on the Quantock Hills in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Bare Ash.

The church of St Michael has 13th century origins but the present building is largely from the 15th century. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building.[1]

Barford House sits in a landscaped park. It was built around 1710 for Jeanes family. [2]

Enmore Castle was built between 1751 and 1756 for John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, which received 'the dismissive mockery of Horace Walpole'.[3] Much of the building, including the offices and stables were underground and accessed via the dry moat The Percevals were forced to sell the castle in 1833 to pay off debts. It was bought by Nicholas Broadmead who subsequently demolished a large proportion of the building the following year. The castle once again underwent major change in 1930 when H H Broadmead demolished even more of the old building..[4] The remaining portion is now divided into 2 dwellings.[5]

Enmore County Primary School is believed to have opened in 1810 probably in a cottage very close to the church. It was the first Free National School in England. The present fabric dates from 1848 and was built by a local family (the Loxtons). [6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Church of St. Michael. Images of England. Retrieved on 2008-02-02.
  2. ^ Barford House and outbuilding wing at rear. Images of England. Retrieved on 2008-02-02.
  3. ^ Against the Time in Which the Fabric and Use of Gunpowder Shall Be Forgotten: Enmore Castle, Its Origins and Its Architect - Tim Mowl 1990
  4. ^ Mansfield, Paul (2005). Enmore the History of a Somerset Parish. Cardiff: Private, 11-26. 
  5. ^ Enmore Castle with service court outbuildings and undercroft. Images of England. Retrieved on 2008-02-02.
  6. ^ Enmore County Primary School and forecourt wall. Images of England. Retrieved on 2008-02-02.
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