Mells Manor House, Frome, England

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Brief description of site

Mells Manor House has a walled garden dating from around 1520, with changes and additions resulting from advice given by Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll around 1902-10.

Brief history of site

The village had been in the possession of Glastonbury Abbey until the Dissolution. It was bought in 1543 by Thomas Horner, and his son improved and enlarged the manor after 1587. The family built a new house, Park House, to the west in 1724, and in around 1770 the north and central sections of the old manor were demolished. The remaining south wing was used intermittently in the 18th and 19th centuries, and became the family's principal residence again from 1902.

Location information:

OS Landranger Map Sheet Number:	183	Grid Ref:	ST727493
Latitude:	51.24222	Longitude:	-2.392469

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