Bradley House is the home of the Duke of Somerset.

The house began as an Augustinian Priory, founded by Hubert, Bishop of Salisbury in around 1190. At the Dissolution, it was granted to Edward Seymour, 1st Viscount Beauchamp, who later became the first Duke of Somerset. He was the eldest brother of Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII. The house still has the marriage bed of Jane Seymour.

The predecessor of the current house was started in the early 1600’s and further improvements were completed by 1710. This house was partly demolished and adapted to create the current house in 1821.

We will meet at the entrance to the house and, after our tour, we will be visiting All Saints Church, which has some Norman features, including a Purbeck marble font. It also contains a number of monuments of the Seymour family. The village has a pub, the Somerset Arms, which provides lunches.