Abbotsfield, Wiveliscombe
Abbotsfield is a country house and farm, to the west of the town of Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England. Built in 1875, it became a Grade II listed building a century later on 11 July 1975.[1]
History
The property was purchased by the wealthy Collard family of piano makers in the 1870s. Businessman Charles Lukey Collard built a new Abbotsfield House in 1875, consisting of a row of six cottages to also house his staff, overlooking the town of Wiveliscombe.[2] Collard of Abbotsfield died in 1891 or 1892.[3] In 1927, John Hobart Armstrong, the director of A. Reyrolle & Company, owned Abbotsfield. As of 1939 it was owned by a P. H. John Hancock.[4] In 1959, Country Life described the house as being 13 acres, set in grounds of some 410 acres, describing it as of "moderate size" with large reception rooms.[5] In 1979, an Arthur Norton Poyntz Milner was documented to reside at 4 Abbotsfield, Wiveliscombe.[6]
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