Kingweston House south front

This was the original entrance front. The new Kingweston House was built between 1785 and 1788 by Samuel Heal of Bridgwater. It seems to have comprised a pedimented south range of 7 or 9 bays: Portland stone was purchased for a tympanum, presumably for the pediment, which was removed after 1824. An apparently older range survived at its east end and a hipped roof range of six bays with dormers at right angles to the west and lower buildings north of that. The older parts may have included the relatively new kitchen built for the old manor house and the old servants’ hall, apparently converted into a dairy. Alterations to service areas in 1788 included raising chimney heights. By July 1786 the new range was roofed, sash windows were delivered in the autumn, and by December plastering was under way.