Question: What is the construction date of the National Trust property in Somerset located in the small town near the southern edge of Mendip Hills ?

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The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty (informally known as the National Trust) owns or manages a range of properties in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. These range from sites of Iron and Bronze Age occupations including Brean Down, Cadbury Camp and Cheddar Gorge to Elizabethan and Victorian era mansions, which include examples such as Montacute House and Tyntesfield. Some of the smaller properties include Coleridge Cottage and Stembridge Mill, the last remaining thatched windmill in England. Somerset consists of a non-metropolitan county, administered by Somerset County Council, which is divided into five districts, and two unitary authorities. The districts of Somerset are West Somerset, South Somerset, Taunton Deane, Mendip and Sedgemoor. North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset historically came under Somerset County Council. In 1974 they became part of county of Avon, and in 1996 they became administratively independent when Avon was broken up into unitary authorities. Many of the buildings included in the list are listed buildings or scheduled monuments. Listed status refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical, or cultural significance; Grade I structures are those considered to be buildings of exceptional interest. Listing was begun by a provision in the Town and Country Planning Act 1947. A scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change. Scheduled Monuments are specified in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, which defines a monument as:
Site Name Alternative name ( s ) Constructed Scheduling Number Listed building grade Location or parish Description
Barrington Court 1550s - I Barrington 50°57′42″N 2°51′36″W / 50.9616°N 2.8599°W / 50.9616 ; -2.8599 ( Barrington Court ) Barrington Court is a Tudor manor house begun around 1538 and completed in the late 1550s , with a vernacular 17th century stable court . After repair by Alfred Hoare Powell , it was the first house acquired by the National Trust , in 1907 , on the recommendation of the antiquarian Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley . In the 1920s the house was renovated , the stable block turned into a residence and several outbuildings , gardens and gateways constructed . The surrounding medieval deerpark and 17th century formal garden had largely disappeared until a new garden was laid out by Gertrude Jekyll in an Arts and Crafts -style in the first half of the 20th century
Bath Assembly Rooms 1769-1771 - I Bath 51°23′12″N 2°21′49″W / 51.3866°N 2.3636°W / 51.3866 ; -2.3636 ( Bath Assembly Rooms ) The Bath Assembly Rooms , designed by John Wood , the Younger , in 1769 , are a set of elegant assembly rooms located in the heart of the World Heritage City of Bath which are now open to the public . There are four main function rooms in the complex : the 100-foot-long ( 30 m ) ballroom - the largest Georgian interior in Bath ; the tea room ; the card room ; and the octagon
Brean Down - 1008211 - Mendip Hills 51°19′31″N 3°01′36″W / 51.3254°N 3.0266°W / 51.3254 ; -3.0266 ( Brean Down ) Brean Down is a promontory from the coast standing 320 feet ( 98 m ) high and extending 1.5 miles ( 2 km ) into the Bristol Channel at the eastern end of Bridgwater Bay between Weston-super-Mare and Burnham-on-Sea . Made of Carboniferous Limestone , it is a continuation of the Mendip Hills and has exposed steep cliffs . It is rich in wildlife , history and archaeology . It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest . The earliest recorded settlement is from the Early to Middle Bronze Age . Brean Down Fort was built in 1865 as one of the Palmerston Forts to provide protection to the ports of the Bristol Channel . The fort was decommissioned in 1901 . During World War II it was rearmed and used for experimental weapons testing . The site has been owned by the National Trust since 2002 after which they instituted a £431,000 renovation project
Bruton Dovecote 16th century 50820 II* Bruton 51°06′29″N 2°27′11″W / 51.1081°N 2.4531°W / 51.1081 ; -2.4531 ( Bruton Dovecote ) The Bruton Dovecote was built in the 16th century . It was at one time used as a house , possibly as a watchtower and as a dovecote . The building was once within the deerpark of Bruton Abbey and was adapted by the monks from a gabled Tudor tower . The conversion to be a dovecote took place around 1780 . It has over 200 pigeon holes . The square tower was built of local stone with Doulting stone dressings . Although it is now a roofless ruin and some of the windows have been blocked up , it previously had a chimney and the fireplace can still be seen . The National Trust acquired the freehold from Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare of the Hoare baronets whose family seat was at Stourhead , in 1915
Burrow Mump - - II* Burrowbridge 51°04′06″N 2°55′14″W / 51.0684°N 2.9205°W / 51.0684 ; -2.9205 ( Burrow Mump ) Burrow Mump is a hill and historic site overlooking Southlake Moor in the village of Burrowbridge . Burrow Mump is also known as St Michael 's Borough or Tutteyate . The hill and ruined roofless nave , with the remains of the porch and some window openings , were presented , in 1946 , by Major Alexander Gould Barrett , to the National Trust and serve as a memorial to the 11,281 Somerset men who lost their lives during the first and second world wars
Cadbury Camp - 195367 - Tickenham 51°26′47″N 2°47′17″W / 51.4463°N 2.7880°W / 51.4463 ; -2.7880 ( Cadbury Camp ) Cadbury Camp is an Iron Age hill fort . Local legends associate it with Arthurian England and Camelot , though these may be due to confusion with the better-known Cadbury Castle , near South Cadbury , some 50 miles ( 80 km ) to the south . The hill fort is well preserved , and is managed by the National Trust
Cheddar Gorge - - - Cheddar 51°16′58″N 2°46′00″W / 51.2829°N 2.7668°W / 51.2829 ; -2.7668 ( Cheddar Gorge ) Cheddar Gorge is a limestone gorge in the Mendip Hills . The gorge is the site of the Gough 's Cave , where Britain 's oldest complete human skeleton , Cheddar Man , estimated to be over 9,000 years old , was found in 1903 . Older remains from the Upper Late Palaeolithic era ( 12,000-13,000 years ago ) have been found . The caves , produced by the activity of an underground river , the Cheddar Yeo , contain stalactites and stalagmites . Cheddar Gorge , including the caves and other attractions , has become a tourist destination attracting about 500,000 visitors per year
Clevedon Court 14th century - I Clevedon 51°26′27″N 2°50′01″W / 51.4407°N 2.8335°W / 51.4407 ; -2.8335 ( Clevedon Court ) Clevedon Court is a manor house , dating from the early 14th century . The great hall and chapel block are the earliest surviving parts of the structure with the west wing being added around 1570 , when the windows and decoration of the rest of the building were changed . Further construction and adaptation was undertaken in the 18th century when it was owned by the Elton baronets . The house was acquired by the nation and was given to the National Trust in part-payment for death duties in 1960 . The Elton family is still resident in the house , which is now open to the public . In addition to the main house , the grounds include a selection of walls and outbuildings , some of which date back to the 13th century . The gardens are listed ( Grade II* ) on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England
Coleridge Cottage 17th century - II* Nether Stowey 51°09′08″N 3°09′13″W / 51.1521°N 3.1537°W / 51.1521 ; -3.1537 ( Coleridge Cottage ) Coleridge Cottage is a cottage constructed in the 17th century . It contains a parlour , kitchen and service room on the ground floor and three bed chambers above . The poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge lived at the cottage for three years from 1797 while writing This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison , The Rime of the Ancient Mariner , part of Christabel , and Frost at Midnight . The cottage was refurbished in 1800 . Having served for many years as 'Moore 's Coleridge Cottage Inn ' , the building was acquired for the nation in 1908 , and the following year it was handed over to the National Trust . In 2011 the Friends of Coleridge and the National Trust carried out redevelopment of the site
Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill - - - Mendip Hills 51°17′43″N 2°52′53″W / 51.2952°N 2.8814°W / 51.2952 ; -2.8814 ( Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill ) Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill is a 332.2 hectares ( 821 acres ) geological and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the western end of the Mendip Hills , notified in 1952 . Shute Shelve Hill , which is formed of Carboniferous Limestone laid down in the Lower Carboniferous period about 350 million years ago , rises to 233 metres ( 764 ft ) above sea level . The site extends for some 5 kilometres ( 3.1 mi ) from west to east . This site comprises a wide range of habitats which includes ancient and secondary semi-natural broadleaved woodland , unimproved calcareous grassland and a complex mosaic of calcareous grassland and acidic dry dwarf-shrub heath . There are cave deposits of interest at the southern end of Crook Peak . Picken 's Hole is of considerable importance because of its clear , well-stratified sequence of deposits and faunas , all dating from within the last Ice Age
Dolebury Warren - - - Churchill / Rowberrow 51°19′39″N 2°47′01″W / 51.32747°N 2.78358°W / 51.32747 ; -2.78358 ( Dolebury Warren ) Dolebury Warren is a 90.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSI ) near the villages of Churchill and Rowberrow in North Somerset , notified in 1952 . It is owned by the National Trust , who acquired the freehold in 1983 and managed by the Avon Wildlife Trust . There is evidence of occupation of the site during the Iron Age and as a medieval/post medieval rabbit warren
Dovecot at Blackford Farm 11th century 1345406 II* Selworthy 51°11′48″N 3°32′25″W / 51.1967°N 3.5403°W / 51.1967 ; -3.5403 ( Dovecot at Blackford Farm ) The Dovecot At Blackford Farm was built in the 11th century . It was attached to a mansion house which burnt down in 1875 . The dovecote which forms part of the property of the Holnicote Estate , was donated to the National Trust by Sir Richard Thomas Dyke Acland , 15th Baronet in 1944
Dunster Castle 11th century - I Dunster 51°10′49″N 3°26′37″W / 51.1804°N 3.4437°W / 51.1804 ; -3.4437 ( Dunster Castle ) Dunster Castle is a former motte-and-bailey castle , now a country house . The castle lies on the top of a steep hill called the Tor , which has been fortified since the late Anglo-Saxon period . After the Norman conquest of England in the 11th century , William de Mohun constructed a timber castle on the site as part of the pacification of Somerset . A stone shell keep was built on the motte by the start of the 12th century . At the end of the 14th century the de Mohuns sold the castle to the Luttrell family , who continued to occupy the property until the late 20th century . The medieval castle walls were mostly destroyed following a siege at the end of the English Civil War . In the 1860s and 1870s , the architect Anthony Salvin was employed to remodel the castle to fit Victorian tastes . Following the death of Alexander Luttrell in 1944 , the family was unable to afford the death duties on his estate and sold the castle and surrounding lands . The Luttrells bought back the castle in 1954 , but in 1976 Colonel Walter Luttrell gave it and most of its contents to the National Trust
Dunster Working Watermill c. 1780 - II Dunster 51°10′57″N 3°26′45″W / 51.1825°N 3.4459°W / 51.1825 ; -3.4459 ( Dunster Castle ) The Working Watermill ( also known as Castle Mill ) is a restored 18th century watermill , situated on the River Avill , in the grounds of Dunster Castle . The present mill , which was built around 1780 , is on the site of a mill mentioned in the Domesday Book . It was restored to working order in 1979 . The mill is still used to grind wheat flour
Ebbor Gorge - - - Mendip Hills 51°14′02″N 2°40′55″W / 51.234°N 2.682°W / 51.234 ; -2.682 ( Ebbor Gorge ) Ebbor Gorge is a limestone gorge in the Mendip Hills , close to Wells . It was designated as a 63.5-hectare ( 157-acre ) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1952 . A 40-hectare ( 99-acre ) area of the gorge is owned by the National Trust , and managed by Natural England as a National Nature Reserve . There are three marked trails of varying lengths around the steeply wooded gorge . Various caves within the gorge were inhabited by neolithic people . The site is close to Wookey Hole village and caves and offers views across the Somerset Levels to Glastonbury Tor and beyond . The land was donated to the National Trust by Mrs G.W . Hodkinson in memory of Winston Churchill
Fyne Court - - - Broomfield 51°04′50″N 3°06′51″W / 51.0806°N 3.1143°W / 51.0806 ; -3.1143 ( Fyne Court ) Fyne Court is a nature reserve set in parkland which was originally the pleasure grounds of a large house belonging to pioneer 19th century electrician , Andrew Crosse , whose family had owned the house from its construction . The house burnt down in 1898 . Fyne Court has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1967 and was used as the headquarters of the Somerset Wildlife Trust . The Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Service have their headquarters in the grounds . Much of the landscaping , including an arboretum laid out in 1780 , has become overgrown and now provides varied habitats including broadleaved woodland , ponds and meadows grazed by highland cattle . The site is home to over 100 species of fungi and some rare invertebrates
Glastonbury Tor - 196702 - Glastonbury 51°08′36″N 2°41′57″W / 51.1433°N 2.6992°W / 51.1433 ; -2.6992 ( Glastonbury Tor ) Glastonbury Tor is a hill which features the roofless St. Michael 's Tower . The Tor has a striking location in the middle of a plain called the Summerland Meadows , part of the Somerset Levels . The plain is actually reclaimed fenland out of which the Tor once rose like an island but now is a peninsula washed on three sides by the River Brue . The remains of Glastonbury Lake Village nearby were identified in 1892 , showing that there was an Iron Age settlement about 300-200 BC on what was an easily defended island in the fens . Earthworks and Roman remains prove later occupation . The spot seems to have been called Ynys yr Afalon ( meaning The Isle of Avalon ) by the Britons , and it is believed by some to be the Avalon of Arthurian legend
Holnicote Estate - - - Exmoor 51°12′22″N 3°33′43″W / 51.206°N 3.562°W / 51.206 ; -3.562 ( Holnicote Estate ) The Holnicote Estate ( / ˈ h ʌ n ɪ ˌ k ʌ t / ) is a property consisting of 5,026 hectares ( 12,420 acres ) of Exmoor National Park situated in West Somerset . The property was donated to the National Trust in 1944 by Sir Richard Thomas Dyke Acland , 15th Baronet ; it had been in the Acland family since 1745 . Holnicote Estate contains more than 240 kilometres ( 150 mi ) of footpaths and bridleways . It includes Dunkery Beacon ( part of which is Dunkery and Horner Wood National Nature Reserve ) and Selworthy Beacon , and the villages and hamlets of Selworthy , Allerford , Bossington , Horner and Luccombe
King Alfred 's Tower 1772 - I Brewham 51°06′54″N 2°21′54″W / 51.115°N 2.365°W / 51.115 ; -2.365 ( King Alfred 's Tower ) King Alfred 's Tower or The Folly of King Alfred the Great was built as part of the Stourhead estate and landscape . The project to build the tower was conceived in 1762 by the banker Henry Hoare II ( 1705-1785 ) . The tower was also intended to commemorate the end of the Seven Years ' War against France and the accession of King George III . The tower was designed in 1765 by Henry Flitcroft and was completed in 1772 at an estimated cost of between £5,000 and £6,000 . The tower is 49 metres ( 161 ft ) high , and is triangular in plan , with round projections at each of the three corners
King John 's Hunting Lodge c. 1500 - II* Axbridge 51°17′14″N 2°49′07″W / 51.2872°N 2.8185°W / 51.2872 ; -2.8185 ( King John 's Hunting Lodge ) King John 's Hunting Lodge is a wool -merchant 's house of around 1500 in Axbridge . The building comprised shops on the ground floor , living areas and workshops on the first floor , and storage and sleeping areas on the second floor . It was saved from probable destruction thanks to a Miss Ripley , who bought it and bequeathed it to the National Trust , which undertook the works necessary to make it fit for visitors . In overhauling the structure of the premises in 1971 , the National Trust restored its medieval character by recreating on the ground floor the appearance of arcaded stalls opening onto the street , and the sixteenth-century decoration of the upstairs windows . The property is run as a local history museum by Axbridge and District Museum Trust with support from Somerset County Museums Service and Axbridge Archaeological and Local History Society