This stone manor house was originally built in 1320 for Sir John de Clevedon, incorporating a tower from the late 12th century and a free-standing hall from the mid-13th century. It was altered considerably by the Wake family in Tudor times. In 1709 the house was bought by Abraham Elton, a wealthy Bristol merchant who was given a baronetcy in 1717. He and his son restored the house, adding a ceiling to the impressive great hall. The exterior is topped by high-pitched roofs and heraldic figures, and the H-plan of the building is visible from the top terrace. There is a first-floor chapel with reticulated tracery in the south window.
Clevedon Court in North Somerset is a romantic medieval manor house set within a beautiful terraced garden. Since 1709 it has been the home to the Elton family. The house is filled with furniture and pictures, but also mementoes of their literary friends, striking Eltonware studio pottery, local Nailsea glass and images of the Industrial Revolution.
