Court House, East Quantoxhead
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| Location | East Quantoxhead, Somerset, England |
| Coordinates | 51°11′10″N 3°14′18″W / 51.18611°N 3.23833°WCoordinates: 51°11′10″N 3°14′18″W / 51.18611°N 3.23833°W |
| Built | 17th century |
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Listed Building – Grade I
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| Official name: Court House | |
| Designated | 22 May 1969 |
| Reference no. | 1057409 |
 Location of Court House, East Quantoxhead in Somerset
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The Court House in East Quantoxhead, Somerset, England has a medieval tower and other parts of the building which date from the 17th century. It has been designated as a grade I listed building.
The manor has been held by the Luttrell family, who also owned Dunster Castle, since they acquired it around 1070. Only a tower survives from the medieval manor house which was built around 1400 to replace the one constructed in 1273. Most of the current building was added in the 1620s by George Luttrell and his wife Silvestra Capps. It was then used as a farmhouse until the 20th century when the latest descendents of the Luttrell line lived in it again.
The house includes a hall and gallery with a large kitchen area. The interior of the house is noted for plasterwork friezes. Surrounding the house are gardens of 5 acres (2.0 ha) with 3 acres (1.2 ha) of woodland.
It has been owned by the Luttrell family, who also owned Dunster Castle, for many generations since they acquired it around 1070.
The original manor house was constructed around 1273. The only remaining section of the medieval house is the four-storey tower with battlements which was dated in a survey during 2003 by Historic England as coming from the late 14th or early 15th century. The rest of the current building was constructed in the 17th century.
By the time George Luttrell inherited Dunster castle in 1571, it was dilapidated, with the family preferring to live at Court House. In the 1620s George Luttrell's first wife and mother of his twelve children died. He remarried to Silvestra Capps who persuaded him to expand the existing building with the addition of the south west wing and new porch. The expansion and improvements which left the house largely in the form it exists today were completed by 1628. After Capps death in 1655 the house was leased as a farmhouse, and although some minor damage was done during the next few hundred years when it was used as a granary the only structural alteration was the addition of a door at wagon level to enable loading and unloading. In the 1860s quarter sessions were held at the house and it has been known as Court House ever since.
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