Bathealton Court is situated in the village of Bathealton, Somerset - just north of Wellington.
This is a map dated 1890 of the house:
The current occupiers kindly allowed us to visit their home and take some photographs:
The view from the Lodge, out on the road. Little has changed since the 1880's - so this would have been John Willis' first view of the house - as it was ours! | |
The House: | |
This was the position of the front door in 1881 | |
The view from the Front Door (as in 1881). As Butler, John Willis would have seen this view whenever visitors arrived as he welcomed them to Bathealton Court... | |
The Gardener's Cottage, to the rear of the house. In 1881 this was occupied by the Gardener, thus confirming that the house servants actually lived in the house itself. | |
The Kitchen Garden, to the right of the Gardener's Cottage | |
The House and the Gardener's Cottage | |
The Lake - restored by the current occupier virtually in the same position as that of 1881! | |
Finally the Cellar - notice the drainage channels in the floor. No doubt my Great-great-grandfather walked on these cobbles! | |