The finest building in the village is, of course, Mells Manor the earliest part of which dates to around the 1460s. The manor of Mells, along with those of Nunney and... read more →
The Village
This delightful street runs from the Talbot Inn to the church and is of great historic interest and importance. In c1470 John Selwood, Abbot of Glastonbury (1456-1493) undertook to lay... read more →
The attractive triangular stone structure opposite the Post Office was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens for Lady Horner as a memorial to her son Mark who died in 1908. Lady... read more →
The War memorial in the centre of the village is an exceptional piece to find in a small Somerset village. It was designed c1920 by Lutyens and Gill and has... read more →
The village bus stop which can be found at Rectory Corner near the Manor House gates was designed, like a number of structures in the village, by Edward Lutyens.
Poyntz House on Gay Street – where Evelyn Waugh stayed in the summer of 1936 and started writing Scoop.
St Andrews and the Churchyard
Medieval stained glass in the north transept of Sts Zita (patron saint of housemaids), Agatha (poor sight), Mary Magdalen, Apollonia (dentists).
A fine bronze sculpture by the noted horse-painter Alfred Munnings (1920) shows Edward Horner on horseback in military uniform. The sculpture sits on top of a plinth designed by Sir... read more →
William Nicholson stained glass memorial window to Sir John Francis Horner.
Burne Jones peacock gesso memorial to Laura Lyttleton (née Tennant) commissioned by Frances Horner (under the tower).
Eric Gill lettering commemorating Raymond Asquith, killed on the Somme, eldest son of the Prime Minister HH Asquith, carved into the wall inside the church, on the south wall of... read more →