Cannington Court
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Cannington Court in the village of Cannington
, Somerset
, England was built around 1138 as the lay wing of a Benedictine
nunnery, founded by Robert de Courcy. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
The Cannington Nunnery
built the adjacent Church of St Mary
and survived until the Dissolution of the monasteries
in 1536. The nunnery owned significant land in the area.
Following the dissolution of the priory the building was bought by Edward Rogers and he made various alterations. These were continued by the Clifford family when they acquired it, particularly in the early 18th century. During the 19th and 20th centuries there has been some internal division.
The Court was part of the Somerset Farm Institute, which has now become Brymore School
.
Cannington Court is part of the Bridgwater College, Cannington Campus for Land Based Studies, not Brymore School which is a separate entity.
Cannington, Somerset
Cannington is a village and civil parish north-west of Bridgwater in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England. It lies on the west bank of the River Parret, and contains the hamlet of Edstock.-History:...
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, England was built around 1138 as the lay wing of a Benedictine
Benedictine
Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...
nunnery, founded by Robert de Courcy. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
The Cannington Nunnery
Cannington Nunnery
Cannington Nunnery was established around 1138 and dissolved in 1536 in Cannington, Somerset, England.It was attached to the Church of St Mary....
built the adjacent Church of St Mary
Church of St Mary, Cannington
The Church of St Mary in Cannington, Somerset, England has a tower which dates from the 14th century, the remainder was rebuilt in the early 15th century and restored in 1840 by Richard Carver. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building....
and survived until the Dissolution of the monasteries
Dissolution of the Monasteries
The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their...
in 1536. The nunnery owned significant land in the area.
Following the dissolution of the priory the building was bought by Edward Rogers and he made various alterations. These were continued by the Clifford family when they acquired it, particularly in the early 18th century. During the 19th and 20th centuries there has been some internal division.
The Court was part of the Somerset Farm Institute, which has now become Brymore School
Brymore School
Brymore School is a secondary school in Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset, England specialising in rural technology. It is an upper school with students from 13 to 17 years and has 161 boys on the roll, including 150 boarders...
.
See also
Cannington Court is part of the Bridgwater College, Cannington Campus for Land Based Studies, not Brymore School which is a separate entity.