Ubley Manor

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Waterloo House

In the civil parish of Ubley.
In the historic county of Somerset (Modern Authority of Bath and North East Somerset, 1974 county of Avon).

Leland writes 'Three miles south of Chew lies Ubley, where there is a modest manor house with a fortified gatehouse and a park beside it. It belonged to Lord Cheddar, whose estate passed by heiresses to the Lords Lisle, Daubeney and Newton.' The C14 manor house was known as Waterloo House in the C19 but is now demolished.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Uncertain remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is ST52895833

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

Air Photo from

1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 197418

Books

Collinson, J., 1791, The History and Antiquities of Somersetshire Vol2 p155

Journal Articles

Neale, F.A. and Ponsford, M.W., 1972, CBA group12/13 Vol6 p42

Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)

Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p430

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