Barrington is a conservation village with houses built mainly of local stone or cob and many with a thatched roof. It has a population of about 400 and lies one mile from the southern edge of the Somerset Levels and 3 miles north of Ilminster in South Somerset. 

For more information about the village see the Wikipedia page here

Barrington is home to Barrington Court which celebrated its 100th anniversary as a National Trust property in 2007 and featured in the BBC's production of Wolf Hall filmed in 2014.

PastScape, English Heritage's online database, holds records on the architectural and archaeological heritage of England. Information on Barrington sites of interest can be found here Barrington on PastScape

For photographs and historic maps of Barrington visit the Frith Collection