Simonsbath House is a historic house in Simonsbath on Exmoor in Somerset, England. The Grade II listed building is now the Simonsbath House Hotel, and outdoor activity centre. It lies in the valley of the River Barle and on the Two Moors Way footpath.
Simonsbath House
Setting of Simonsbath House in the valley of the River Barle, looking upstream
Lintel over fireplace of Old Kitchen, Simonsbath House, into which is carved the date "1654", taken to have been carved by James Boevey on completion of the building of the house
Fortescue family 17th-century heraldic overmantel from Wear Giffard Hall
Simonsbath is a small village high on Exmoor in the English county of Somerset. It is the principal settlement in the Exmoor civil parish, which is the largest and most sparsely populated civil parish on Exmoor, covering nearly 32 square miles (83 km2) but with a population, at the time of the 2001 census, of 203 in 78 households, reducing to 156 at the 2011 census.
The River Exe rises from a valley to the north, and the River Barle runs through the village and is crossed by a triple-arched medieval bridge that was extensively repaired after floods in 1952.
The River Barle at Simonsbath
The River Barle upstream of Simonsbath
Simonsbath House in the valley of the River Barle
Sale particulars published in 1818. Somerset Archives.
