[MR] Wikipedia: Grade II* Listed Buildings in Somerset

[Garth Groff and Sally Sanford]

Noble Friends,

Today Wikipedia is featuring a list of 210 Grade II* listed buildings in
the Mendip area of Somerset, England. You heard me right, 210! And that's
just for the Mendips area, not the rest of Somerset.

Grade II* structures are those considered to be "particularly significant
buildings of more than local interest." Many of the buildings in the Mendip
area are medieval, although others (particularly some churches), are 19th C
"gothic revival", and might as well be medieval. Included on this list are
several structures in Glastonbury:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Mendip

The most important historical buildings are 90 classed as Grade I, and
include Glastonbury's famous abbey ruins and several associated buildings,
the George Hotel and Pilgrims' Inn, and St. Michael's church tower atop
Glastonbury Tor:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_Mendip . Also
listed here is the delightful 12th C parish church of St. Aldhelm in
Doulting, which includes the ruins of an important holy well in which the
saint is said to have prayed and meditated (been there, and the water was
ICY cold; Ah, the power of saints!).

Most of these very interesting buildings are pictured in the lists, and
many have Wikipedia pages of their own. You could easily burn up a couple
of days in middle age bliss exploring these sites online.

Add to that all the countless other listed buildings there are in Great
Britain. The whole country is a vast museum to Scadians! Have fun.

Yours Aye,

Mungo Napier, Laird of Mallard Lodge  🦆