Manor House, West Coker

The Manor House in West Coker, Somerset, England has medieval origins, however the earliest surviving portions of the current building probably date from around 1500.

[1] The earlier manor house on the site, which may have been built around 1308,[2] was destroyed by fire in the 1457, and rebuilt with local Hamstone between 1473 and 1500.

[4] The house was purchased by an architect, John Moore, in 1866, who carried out various restoration and rebuilding until he died, when the work was continued by his brother and sons.

[2] In 1907 Matthew Nathan, a soldier and colonial administrator, who variously served as the governor of Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Hong Kong, Natal and Queensland, bought the Manor House.

[5] Sir Aston Webb or his son Maurice Webb, rebuilt the South East wing for Nathan in 1910,[1][2] and the house was profiled by Christopher Hussey in an early edition of Country Life magazine following the renovation and rebuilding.

The entrance to the Manor's driveway