Historic house · near Langport · Somerset

Priest's House

Priest's House is a grade II listed historic house museum. It is 1.4 km south of Langport. The site is kept up by the National Trust.

Photo: Priest's House, User:Celiakozlowski (CC BY 3.0)

Where

1.4 km

south of Langport

Run by

National Trust

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 19%

#1,601 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Historic house near Langport

Just outside Langport

Priest's House is 1.4 km south of Langport. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by the National Trust

One of the places the National Trust looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Langport has 78 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Month by month

The warmest afternoons in Langport run May to September, at 17–22°C.

Jan9° / 2°75 mm

Feb9° / 2°52 mm

Mar11° / 3°51 mm

Apr14° / 5°52 mm

May17° / 7°53 mm

Jun20° / 10°57 mm

Jul22° / 12°56 mm

Aug22° / 12°66 mm

Sep19° / 10°57 mm

Oct15° / 8°86 mm

Nov12° / 5°85 mm

Dec9° / 3°79 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Langport, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Langport. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Langport’s full climate →

About

Priest's House

Articles on it exist in 3 languages. 23 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Muchelney Abbey (100 m).

Langport’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Run by: National Trust
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: 1.4 km south of Langport
Official site: nationaltrust.org.uk/priests-house-muchelney

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Where it sits

The places near Priest's House are numbered on the map in the order below.

Towns near it

Staying near Priest's House

Home to 4,079 people, Martock is the largest of these 8. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · 1.4 km north of it

Langport

3,578 people · 2 places to visit

2 · 1.9 km west of it

Drayton

362 people · 2 places to visit

3 · 3 km west of it

Curry Rivel

2,009 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 3 km east of it

Long Sutton

500 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Priest's House is	People	Places to visit
Langport	1.4 km north of it	3,578	2
Drayton	1.9 km west of it	362	2
Curry Rivel	3 km west of it	2,009	5
Long Sutton	3 km east of it	500	2
Kingsbury Episcopi	3.4 km south of it	682	5
Long Load	3.5 km southeast of it	314	5
Martock	6.3 km southeast of it	4,079	7
High Ham	6.3 km north of it	450	0

Make a day of it

After Priest's House

Also close at hand are 5 historic houses, 2 forts and a castle, among 23 within 15 km.

Historic house · English HeritageMuchelney Abbey100 m away 2

Historic house · National TrustMontacute House10 km away · 120K visitors a year (2011)3

Historic house · National TrustBarrington Court7.4 km away 4

Castle · National TrustBurrow Mump8.9 km away 5

FortAthelney9 km away 6

Historic house · National TrustTreasurer's House6.5 km away 7

Historic house · National TrustStoke sub Hamdon Priory8.7 km away 8

FortTaunton Stop Line13 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Quick answers on Priest's House

Where is Priest's House?

Priest's House is 1.4 km south of Langport, Somerset.

What is Priest's House?

Grade II listed historic house museum in Muchelney, Somerset, England, UK.

Who runs Priest's House?

National Trust, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Priest's House?

May to September are the warmest months in Langport, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Priest's House a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Priest's House?

Within 15 km: Muchelney Abbey (100 m), Montacute House (10 km), Barrington Court (7.4 km) and Burrow Mump (8.9 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Priest's House: User:Celiakozlowski, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Muchelney Abbey: Sarah Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Montacute House: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Barrington Court: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Burrow Mump: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Athelney: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Treasurer's House: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Stoke sub Hamdon Priory: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Taunton Stop Line: Gaius Cornelius, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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