| Southill House | |
|---|---|
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  Location within Somerset | |
| General information | |
| Town or city | Cranmore |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 51°10′55″N2°28′15″W / 51.1819°N 2.4708°W |
| Completed | Early 18th century |
Southill House in Cranmore, Somerset, England, is an early 18th-century manor house. It was given a new facade by John Wood, the Younger, of Bath, in the late 18th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. [1]
The house is on a site which may have been used for Roman buildings including a hypocaust. [2] [3]
The current 18th-century building includes some remains from a 17th-century building,. [4] standing in a landscaped park. [5]
in World War II the house was used as a base for the Auxiliary Unit Scout Patrol. [6]
The house received moderate publicity in 1998 when a "cow grazing near the croquet lawn" fell through the turf into a forgotten tunnel. The writings of a Victorian servant in the house, Edwin Charles Cox, revealed that the passages were said to be haunted but upon his exploration only contained remainder furniture. [7]
In 2011 the house was short-listed in a competition run by Country Life magazine to find England's Favourite House and was chosen as the South West regional winner. [8] [9] [10] The house was owned by the Cotterell family for over 10 years who then eventually sold the house to Stephen Ellis, a London banker.