Lisbury House

Lisbury House is a school building in Bruton, South Somerset, England. Lisbury House is situated near Sexey’s School, as well as near the school building Cliff House.

Type: School building
Description: house in Pitcombe, South Somerset, England, UK
Also known as: “Lisbury house”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Sexey’s School and Sexey’s Hospital.

Sexey’s School

School

Photo: Rodw, CC0.

Sexey's School is a Church of England, co-educational state boarding and day school in Bruton, Somerset, England for 11-18 year olds. Sexey's School is named after Hugh Sexey who, in 1599, was appointed as a Royal auditor to Elizabeth I and later as a Royal auditor to James I. Sexey's Hospital was established in 1619 from the proceeds of his will, and the school was founded in 1889. Sexey’s School is situated 540 feet northeast of Lisbury House.

Sexey’s Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hugh Sexey's Hospital in Bruton, Somerset, England was built around 1630 as almshouses. The West Wing and chapel have been designated as a Grade I listed building. Sexey’s Hospital is situated 3,200 feet northeast of Lisbury House.

Bruton School for Girls

School

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Bruton School for Girls was a private day and boarding school for girls aged 2 to 18, near Pitcombe in Bruton in south east Somerset, England. It opened in 1900 as Sunny Hill School, and closed in 2022 following a fall in pupil numbers. Bruton School for Girls is situated 1,900 feet south of Lisbury House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bruton and Redlynch.

Bruton

Town

Photo: Nigel Freeman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bruton is a small market town, and civil parish in Somerset, England, on the River Brue and the A359 between Frome and Yeovil. It is 7 miles south-east of Shepton Mallet, just south of Snakelake Hill and Coombe Hill, 10 miles north-west of Gillingham and 12 miles south-west of Frome.

Redlynch

Hamlet

Photo: Maurice Pullin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Redlynch is a village and former manor in the civil parish of Bruton, in Somerset, England. The 18th-century church and a folly named The Towers are of architectural interest.

Yarlington

Village

Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Yarlington is a village and civil parish, near the source of the River Cam, in the English county of Somerset. Administratively, Yarlington shares a parish council with nearby North Cadbury. Yarlington is situated 3 miles southwest of Lisbury House.

Lisbury House

Categories: house, building, and education
Location: Bruton, South Somerset, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.10396° or 51° 6′ 14″ north

Longitude

-2.46514° or 2° 27′ 55″ west

Open location code

9C3V4G3M+HW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 405306527

OpenStreetMap feature

building=school

Wikidata ID

Q26543878

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Cliff House and Mill on the Brue.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Macmillan house and Sexey’s School Sports Field.

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