THE Somerset home of writer Evelyn Waugh is up for sale - which a whopping £5.5 million asking price. Combe Florey is a delightful Grade II listed 18th century manor house with an appealing classical facade in the style of James Gibbs. It is believed an earlier Elizabethan house was situated closer to the village church and was pulled down after the Civil War. It is understood to have then been replaced by a new house at the present site. The 17th Century house was extensively remodelled by William Frauncies in 1730. The property was sold to the Perring family in 1799 and sold again in 1896 to the Batchelor family before being purchased by Evelyn Waugh in 1956 and lived in by his family until 2008 when the present owners acquired Combe Florey House.
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Flooding on the A358 near Combe Florey in March 2020 (Image: Somerset Rivers Authority)
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10:21 AM April 15, 2021
Combe Florey House is not quite Castle Howard (pictured), which was used for the filming of Brideshead Revisited, but its still impressive.
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The previous home of Brideshead Revisited author, Evelyn Waugh, is on the market for an impressive £5.5 million and is a dream come true
Are you in the market for a new home? Do you have a small fortune for your deposit? Then why not look at a new listing from Strutt and Parker for Combe Florey House. The twelve-bedroom mansion rests in the beautiful countryside of central Somerset in the village of Combe Florey. The house is eight miles from Taunton so whilst it’s a quiet and sleepy place to live, you’re never far from the amenities.
Evelyn Waugh s house near Taunton on market for £5.5m
House with stunning views, loads of space and an interesting history
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Combe Florey House
If you have a spare £5.5 million and you are in the market for a home with an interesting provenance, read on.
The Somerset home of famous author, Evelyn Waugh, is up for sale.
In its time Combe Florey House, eight miles from Taunton, was frequented with a host of celebrity types from writers to actors.
Waugh, who wrote Brideshead Revisited, Scoop and Vile Bodies, had a taste for âeccentric and lugubriousâ decoration, writes Patrick Kidd in The Times.