Hatch Court

Hatch Court in the parish of Hatch Beauchamp, in Somerset, England, is a grade I listed mansion built in about 1755 in the Palladian style with Bath Stone by the wool merchant John Collins to the design of Thomas Prowse. The site had been occupied since the mediaeval era by various forms of the manor house of the manor of Hatch, the caput of an important feudal barony first held by the Anglo-Norman de Beauchamp family in the 11th century.

John Collines was a wool merchant who built the house in about 1755. He employed as his architect Thomas Prowse a Member of Parliament who designed houses for his friends and had previously designed the nearby Temple of Harmony and had been consulted regarding the building of Hagley Hall in Worcestershire.

The two-storey Bath stone building is in the Palladian style with four square angle towers each of three storeys. The main entrance is via a loggia of five round-headed arches. The interior includes a large hall and a staircase with stone treads and wrought iron balusters.

The gardens contain a walled vegetable garden. During the 18th century extensive pleasure gardens existed which included a grotto with a pool and fireplace.

The stable block was built in about 1820 following the demolition of the original stable block designed by Prowse. At the same time a horse engine house was built as a horse mill to power farm machinery, since used for storage, but some of the original machinery including the drive shaft is still in situ.

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