page_title: Simonsbath
section_title: Simonsbath House
hierarchical_section_title: Simonsbath / History / Simonsbath House
caption_attribution_description: English: Simonsbath valley
context_page_description: Simonsbath is a small village high on Exmoor in the English county of Somerset. It is the principal settlement in the Exmoor civil parish, which is the largest and most sparsely populated civil parish on Exmoor, covering nearly 32 square miles but with a population, at the time of the 2001 census, of 203 in 78 households, reducing to 156 at the 2011 Census.
  The River Exe rises from a valley to the north, and the River Barle runs through the village and is crossed by a triple-arched medieval bridge that was extensively repaired after floods in 1952.
  The settlement lies on the route of the Two Moors Way and close to the Macmillan Way West.
context_section_description: Simonsbath House was built in 1654  by the merchant, lawyer and philosopher James Boevey (1622–1696), the warden of the Royal forest of Exmoor, and for 150 years his was the only house in the forest, which consists largely of moorland. The Grade II listed building is now the Simonsbath House Hotel and outdoor activity centre.
caption: Simonsbath House in the valley of the River Barle
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