East Coker House

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Venue Type & Location

Private Residence

Site Name: East Coker House
Location: East Coker House
County: Somerset
Location Type: Town - in town at determined location

Performance Spaces

Hall

Overview

Located on a hillside next to the parish church

Performance History

A possible performance venue. Although no relevant household records survive for the Powderham branch of the Courtenay family entertainers under their patronage performed elsewhere in the south-west in the 15th c. and 16th c. It is possible that they also performed here at one of their patrons' residences.

Current Status

Privately owned.

Record Source

REED Devon 35, 133, 225

Patrons who owned this venue

Name Dates Titles
Courtenay, William 1428-1485 Knight
Courtenay, William 1485-1535 Knight

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Batten, John. Historical and Topographical Collections relating to the Early History of Parts of South Somerset. Yeovil: Whitby and Son, 1894.
  • Dunning, R.W. Some Somerset Country Houses. Wimborne: Dovecote P, 1991.
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus. South and West Somerset. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth, Midd: Penguin Books, 1976.
  • T. 'Coker Court, Somerset, the Seat of Major G.W. Heneage.' Country Life 25 (2 Jan. 1909): 18–25.