Brympton House

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West of Yeovil, Brympton d'Evercy forms, together with St Andrew's Church and a small neighbouring medieval house, one of the most harmonious manorial groups in Somerset. The house, built of Ham stone, layers several centuries: 13th-century origins, a main range mostly of the 15th century, a west front of around 1520, then a classical south front rebuilt around 1675, with windows crowned by alternating pediments and a balustrade adorned with urns. The place name recalls the d'Evercy family, present from 1220; but it was the Sydenhams who, for nearly three centuries from 1434, shaped most of the house. Sold in 1731 to Francis Fane, it then passed to the Ponsonby-Fanes, who kept it until 1992 despite the dispersal of its contents in 1956 and its use as a school. Today a private family home at the heart of a 33-acre park, Brympton House is mainly run as an exclusive-use wedding venue, with some thirty bedrooms, and occasionally serves as a filming location. The gardens are listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.