The Manor House in West Coker

West Coker

West Coker is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated south west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district.-History:The name Coker comes from Coker Water ....

, Somerset

Somerset

The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...

, England has medieval origins, however the earliest surviving portions of the current building probably date from around 1500. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

The earlier manor house

Manor house

A manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes...

 on the site was destroyed by fire in 1457, and rebuilt with local Ham stone between 1473 and 1500. The house was acquired by the Portman Family of Orchard Portman

Orchard Portman

Orchard Portman is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated south of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district. The village has a population of 150....

 in 1591 who remodelled it around 1600 and held it until 1829 by which time it was a tenanted farmhouse. The house was purchased by an architect, John Moore, in 1875, who carried out various restoration and rebuilding until he died in 1878, when the work was continued by his brother. Sir Aston Webb

Aston Webb

Sir Aston Webb, RA, FRIBA was an English architect, active in the late 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century...

rebuilt the South East wing in 1910.