Gaulden Manor

London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom

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Gaulden Manor is a Grade II* listed 16th-century country house located southeast of Tolland in Somerset, England—not London—near the Brendon Hills and Quantocks, with 17th-century alterations featuring exceptional plasterwork ceilings from around 1640-1660, including ornate panels, pendants, and biblical motifs like an angel on Judgment Day in its chapel-like room.

Dating back to 1199 when granted to Taunton Priory, it passed through families like the Turbervilles—inspiring Thomas Hardy's works—and later the Mynnes, boasting red sandstone construction, a gabled porch, herb gardens in a cross shape, old roses, a fish pond, and panoramic rural views, now privately owned and maintained.

While search mentions a London vicarage by the same name, no verified historic manor exists there; the Somerset estate matches the query's heritage context.