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The drying house at The Coach House, Willow Vale is a structure associated with agricultural or domestic processing, likely dating from the eighteenth or nineteenth century. The building represents a functional element of the broader Coach House complex and reflects the working practices of rural or estate life during this period. Its survival demonstrates the importance of specialized structures in pre-industrial and early industrial domestic economies, where drying houses served essential purposes in food preservation and material preparation. The site's listing as an ancient monument recognizes its architectural and historical value as part of Somerset's built heritage.
Drying house at The Coach House, Willow Vale is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016955. View the official record →
The drying house at The Coach House, Willow Vale is a structure associated with agricultural or domestic processing, likely dating from the eighteenth or nineteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016955.
Drying house at The Coach House, Willow Vale is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1016955.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman villa complex, 330m south-west of St Algar's Farm (6.3 km), Witham Priory (6.8 km), Bowl barrow 110m south east of crossroads, Maiden Bradley (9.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Drying house at The Coach House, Willow Vale's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Drying house at The Coach House, Willow Vale stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.