More information : [SS 8590 4815] Worthy Remains of a (NAT)
Manor House (NR) (1)
The manor house of Worthy, extant pre-1562 (2). There are some
traces of it in the present manor house which is largely c.1900
(3). (2-3)
The house, now known as Worthy Manor, is not of outstanding
architectural interest. (4)
II Worthy Manor
First mentioned c. 1292 when Walter of Worthy sued overlord
Simon de Roger of Porlock for diverting a stream. Next heard of in
1424 in possession of the Hinsley family.
Much altered and added to in comparatively recent times though
a number of early features survive particularly in the interior.
Rubble, partly rough-cast, slate roof, tall square stacks, 2
stone (1 on exposed chimney breast), 3 rendered. Two-storey,
L-shaped, irregular windows, mostly recent wood casements but 3 of
C. 17 type with moulded wood mullions, 2 heavy chamfered oak
doorframes with pointed-arch heads. One at each end of screens
passage, reproduction doors. Interior has original
plank-and-muntin panelled screens passage with 3 pointed arch
doorframes along one side and one on the other. Several similar
pointed-arch wood doorframes and one flat-pointed with mouldings
stopped to base. Exposed ceiling beams, open timber roof with
collar beams and 2 purlins.
+ Historical information extracted from "History of The Part of
West Somerset comprising the Parishes of Luccombe, Selworthy,
Stoke Pero, Porlock, Culbone and Oare." by Charles E. H.
Chadwyck-Healey (pub. 1901). (5)
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