St Audries Park

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| location =West Quantoxhead, Somerset, England

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| designation1 =Grade II Listed Building

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St Audries Park Manor house at West Quantoxhead in the Quantock Hills of Somerset, England, was the manor house of the Acland family.{{cite web |last1=Richardson |first1=I. J. |title=The Acland Family and Exmoor |url=http://www.exmoorher.co.uk/the-acland-family |website=Exmoor National Park}} It was rebuilt on the site of an earlier house, between 1835 and 1870 and has had a number of owners since Sir Alexander sold the building.

The property was divided in 1934, when the house was sold and turned into St Audries School,{{NHLE |num=1345730 |desc=St. Audries School |accessdate=2008-03-10}} which remained in occupation until 1990. In 1996 the house was sold to the Amitabha Buddhist Centre.

It was sold again in 2001.{{cite web |url=http://www.somersetheritage.org.uk/record/34608 |title=Landscape park, West Quantoxhead |accessdate=2008-03-10 |format= |work=Somerset Historic Environment Record }}

The house and parkland are listed Grade II on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England.{{NHLE|desc=St Audries (House)|num=1001155|accessdate=9 February 2016}} They are also on the Heritage at Risk Register.{{cite web|title=St Audries (House), West Quantoxhead - West Somerset|url=http://risk.english-heritage.org.uk/register.aspx?id=26138|work=Heritage at Risk|publisher=English Heritage|accessdate=20 October 2013}}

It is now run as a wedding venue.

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