The Court, Charlton Mackrell

The Court was built in 1792, for Richard Ford, the rector of Charlton Mackrell, in a "Georgian Gothic" style.{{NHLE| num=1056732|accessdate=28 May 2019}}{{cite book|author=Anthony Jennings|title=The Old Rectory: The Story of the English Parsonage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p6JSDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA123|date=1 May 2018|publisher=Sacristy Press|isbn=978-1-910519-51-6|page=123}}

A rectory on the site was first recorded in 1524. By the late 18th-century it was described as "very ruinous" and Ford "repaired" it in 1792. In reality, Ford had it "almost totally rebuilt". The house was sold by the Church of England in 1922, following the merger of the living.

Later inhabitants included William Brymer (1796-1852), who became Archdeacon of Bath from 1840 until his death in 1852.{{cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D29276|title=Catalogue description: Will of The Venerable William Thomas Parr Brymer, Clerk Archdeacon of Bath Rector of...|author=|date=8 November 1852|publisher=|accessdate=28 May 2019|via=National Archive of the UK}}

The Court has nine bedrooms, four reception rooms, six bathrooms, and 21 acres of land.{{cite web|url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/property/grade-ii-listed-gothic-house-27855|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711010003/https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/property/grade-ii-listed-gothic-house-27855|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 July 2017|title=Grade II* Listed Gothic house near Somerton could be your dream home - Somerset Live|author=|date=11 July 2017|accessdate=28 May 2019}} In April 2017, it was listed for sale at £3.75 million.

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