Fairfield House, Manor house in Stringston, England
Fairfield House is a manor house in Stringston, Somerset, that takes the form of an Elizabethan E-shaped layout with several wings and a south-facing front. The building also retains structural parts dating to the 12th century, embedded within its later construction.
The manor was first recorded in 1166 and took on its current form through Elizabethan rebuilding. In 1473, King Edward IV granted permission to fortify the property with walls and towers.
The estate has stayed in the same family for centuries, and this continuity shows in the way the house and gardens are kept. The walled garden sections follow an 18th-century layout that is still clearly readable when you walk through them.
The estate is in a rural part of Somerset and is easiest to reach by car. Leave enough time to explore both the house and the grounds, which have several separate areas including walled gardens.
Elizabeth Gass, who inherited the property in 1967, later became Lord Lieutenant of Somerset, a role very rarely held by women at the time. She went on to sell a large part of the surrounding land for the development of a nuclear power station, which changed the landscape around Stringston permanently.
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