Barton Grange
BARTON GRANGE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1176751
- Date first listed:
- 25-Feb-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Barton Grange
- Statutory Address:
- BARTON GRANGE
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1176751
- Date first listed:
- 25-Feb-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Barton Grange
- Statutory Address 1:
- BARTON GRANGE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- BARTON GRANGE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Corfe
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 22747 19845
Details
CORFE CP ST2219 CORFE VILLAGE 12/20 Barton Grange 25.2.55 II GV Kitchen wing of country house, now flats, Mid C16, altered early C17, extensively remodelled early Cl9, largely demolished 1931. Rendered over rubble exposed quoins west front, hipped slate roof behind parapet with moulded cornice, large stall south-west corner, another to rear. Plant rectangular wing of larger U-plan building facing west and now demolished, stair turret on north front. Three storeys, single bay of original 7-bay (west) elevation, 7-bay returns. West end: second storey 2-light window in truncated opening, carved console brackets to lintel and amputated jambs, flat string below, first floor tall C19 mullioned and transomed window, ground floor early C20 flat roofed canted bay with leaded lights; irregular fenestration in returns, Cl9 Tudor arch head windows ground floor west front,main entrance via stair turret. There is a moulded depressed 4-centered arch doorway in wall to rear wing with date stone beside: "WFG(oodenough)1747". Interior: partially seen, stick stair, C18 panelling on first floor and C16 stonefire surround. In poor condition at time of survey (March 1985). This was the site of the Prior of Taunton's summer residence which was purchased at the Dissolution by Humphrey Colles. He is said to have had a very grand mansion here and lies with his descendants in the Church of St Andrew and St Mary, Pitminster (qv). Collinson declares that the mansion was built in the C17 from who it passed in the female line to a friend of Gainsborough's Goodenough Earl, whose grandfather Stuart Goodenough died here in 1720. Lady Cooper extensively remodelled the house in the early C19 and it was mostly demolished in 1931. It is illustrated in Escott. What remains is disappointing, the only external feature of quality is the mutilated second floor window on the west front. (SANHS Proceedings, Vol 77,1931; Pevsner, Buildings of England, South and West Somerset, 1958; Collinson, 4 History of Somerset, Vol 3, 1791;Escott, Somerset: Historical, Descriptive 1910).
Listing NGR: ST2274719845
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 270963
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: South and West Somerset, (1958)
Collinson, J, History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset, (1791)
Escott, T, Somerset Historical and Descriptive, (1910)
Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society in Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society, Vol. 77, (1931)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 09-Jun-2026 at 22:42:41.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.