Furzy Common

Furzy Common is a forest in North Perrott, South Somerset, England. Furzy Common is situated nearby to the locality Hewingbere Down, as well as near the village North Perrott.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Martin, North Perrott and Crewkerne railway station.

Church of St Martin, North Perrott

Church

Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Church of St Martin in North Perrott, Somerset, England, dates from the 12th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The current church which is near the River Parrett, was built on the site of an earlier church and including some of the fabric, in the 16th century, probably by Henry Daubeney, 1st Earl of Bridgewater.

Crewkerne railway station

Railway station

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Crewkerne railway station is located in Misterton in Somerset, England, and serves the area around the town of Crewkerne. It is 131 miles 33 chains from London Waterloo on the West of England Main Line to Exeter.

North Perrott Manor House

School

Photo: Sarah Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

North Perrott Manor House which later became Perrott Hill School in North Perrott, Somerset, England was built in 1877 by Thomas Henry Wyatt. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crewkerne and South Perrott.

Crewkerne

Town

Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Crewkerne is a town and electoral ward in south Somerset, England, 9 miles southwest of Yeovil and 7 miles east of Chard. A separate civil parish of West Crewkerne includes the hamlets of Clapton, Coombe, Woolminstone and Henley, and borders the county of Dorset to the south.

South Perrott

Village

Photo: BishopHerman, Public domain.

South Perrott is a village and civil parish in northwest Dorset, England, 2 miles southeast of Crewkerne. In 2012 the estimated population of the parish was 220.