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At the north end of the village was the Manor House.
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The manor house
The Manor House appears at first sight to be a 17th century building, but when local historians John and Jane Penoyre examined the roof they realised it was an elaborate late medieval roof. They estimated it was built around 1475, and subsequently, tree ring dating showed that the timbers had been felled in the spring of 1489. Clearly this is the medieval Manor house, that is mentioned in the records of Glastonbury Abbey, which owned the village throughout the Middle Ages.
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The Medieval Hall
Originally it must have been the elaborate roof of an open hall, as shown in this reconstruction drawing by local historians John and Jane Penoyre.
Originally the village belonged to Glastonbury abbey, and the records of 1515 indicate a hall surrounded by a moat. Subsequent excavations revealed that the moat had been filled in around 1620.
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