Burton Pynsent, Somerset

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Burton Pynsent in Somerset is a historic English country estate best known as the ancestral home of the influential Pitt political family.

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Burton Pynsent, Somerset canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country estate
historic house
architecturalStyle Georgian
category Country houses in Somerset
Pitt family residences
country England
era 18th century
giftedBy Sir William Pynsent, 1st Baronet
giftedTo William Pitt the Elder
giftReason gratitude for opposition to cider tax
hasAccess private land with limited public access
hasLandUse farmland
parkland
hasMonument Pynsent Column
hasPart Pynsent Column
hasStructureType country house
estate
hasViewOf Somerset Levels
heritageDesignation includes listed buildings
heritageStatus listed landscape features
historicCounty Somerset
knownFor Pynsent Column
association with the Pitt family
landscapeDesigner Lancelot "Capability" Brown
locatedIn Somerset
southwest England
surface form: South West England

United Kingdom
locatedNear Curry Rivel
Langport
namedAfter Pynsent family
ownedBy Pitt family
William Pitt the Elder
William Pitt the Younger
politicalAssociation Whiggism
surface form: British Whig politics

Pitt political dynasty
region Somerset Levels
surface form: Somerset Levels and Moors
significantEvent development under William Pitt the Elder
significantPerson Sir William Pynsent, 1st Baronet
William Pitt the Elder
William Pitt the Younger
usedAs private residence

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Pitt family hasAncestralSeat Burton Pynsent, Somerset