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Designated. 27 February 1950 [1] Reference no. 1384672. Location of Saltford Manor in Somerset. The Saltford Manor is a stone house in Saltford, Somerset, near Bath, that is thought to be the oldest continuously occupied private house in England, [2][3][4] and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building. [1]
Saltford. Saltford is a large English village and civil parish in the Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority, Somerset. It lies between the cities of Bristol and Bath, and adjoins Keynsham on the same route. Saltford Manor House (built about 1160) claims to be the oldest continuously occupied dwelling in England.
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Once a part of a medieval manor, The Ancient Ram Inn is said to be one of the oldest houses in existence today. Built around 1145, it is considered the most haunted house in England. Cubbie Roo's Castle Wyre, Orkney, Scotland c. 1145 The ruins include a small square keep still extant to 2.4 metres (8 ft) in height. [43] All Saints' Church
Saltford House was the home of Mary and William James. He was a lieutenant-colonel of the East India Company in 1817 when they were in Cawnpore and their daughter Julia was born. She would be a Temperance campaigner in Shrewsbury. [5] In 1830 the house was nearly demolished to make way for the railway, but Major James wanted such a high price ...
In France, the terms château or manoir are often used synonymously to describe a French manor house; maison-forte is the appellation for a strongly fortified house, which may include two sets of enclosing walls, drawbridges, and a ground-floor hall or salle basse that was used to receive peasants and commoners.
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