Hatch Court, Taunton, England

This site is NOT open to public.

Brief description of site

Hatch Court has gardens, landscaped pleasure grounds and a park amounting to some 60 hectares, dating predominantly from the mid-18th century. Hatch Court occupies a ridge of high ground from which the land drops away steeply, giving extensive views in all directions which are framed by planting in the pleasure grounds and park.

Brief history of site

The manor house close to the site was described as ruined by 1633. In 1755, John Collins commissioned plans for a new house from the amateur architect Thomas Prowse. Edward Knight, a visitor of 1761, described a pedimented greenhouse, a gothic shell-temple, a serpentine river which lacked water, a chapel and bastion with a fine view, a bowling green, bone house, hermitage, square summerhouse, grotto, and root house in the pleasure grounds.

Location information:

OS Landranger Map Sheet Number:	193	Grid Ref:	ST306210
Latitude:	50.9842	Longitude:	-2.990052

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