page_title: Burton Pynsent House
section_title: Grounds
hierarchical_section_title: Burton Pynsent House / Grounds
caption_attribution_description: English: Entrance gateway, Burton Pynsent
context_page_description: Burton Pynsent House is a historic country-house in the parish of Curry Rivel, Somerset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. The house was built in stages between 1565 and 1765, when it was bequeathed to William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham by Sir William Pynsent, 2nd Baronet, who did not want the house to go to Lord North. Pitt had an additional wing built to a design by Lancelot Brown, and the subsequent owner demolished everything but this wing in 1805.
  The house was extended around this wing in the 20th century, overlooking the 98 hectares of formal gardens and parkland. To the northwest of the house is Burton Pynsent Monument, a 140 feet column with an urn finial, built to commemorate Pynsent's generosity to Pitt.
context_section_description: Burton Pynsent House is set in 98 hectares (240 acres), comprising 1 hectare (2.5 acres) of formal gardens and pleasure grounds, the remaining area is parkland. It is bounded to the north by the Burton Dairy Farm and to the south by the A378. The parkland and planted woods merge into two other woods at the boundaries, Swell Wood at the south-west and Stoneley Copse in the north-east.
  The entrance to Burton Pynsent House is between a pair of 18th century brick square brick columns, decorated with ham stone, flanked by walls. The drive is 190 metres (620 ft) long, with a spur off leading to the house's home farm and kitchen garden. The house's formal gardens are found to the south, west and east of the house, with informal pleasure grounds to the north-west.
caption: Entrance to Burton Pynsent House
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