Burton Pynsent House

Burton Pynsent House
Location of Burton Pynsent House in Somerset
Location	Curry Rivel, Somerset, England, U.K.
Coordinates	51°00′57″N 2°53′40″W / 51.01583°N 2.89444°W / 51.01583; -2.89444
Built	1756
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name	Burton Pynsent House
Designated	17 April 1959[1]
Reference no.	1373913

Burton Pynsent House is a historic country-house in the parish of Curry Rivel, Somerset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.^[1] The house was built in stages between 1565 and 1765, when it was bequeathed to William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham by Sir William Pynsent, 2nd Baronet, who did not want the house to go to Lord North. Pitt had an additional wing built to a design by Lancelot Brown, and the subsequent owner demolished everything but this wing in 1805.

The house was extended around this wing in the 20th century, overlooking the 98 hectares (240 acres) of formal gardens and parkland. To the northwest of the house is Burton Pynsent Monument, a 140 feet (43 m) column with an urn finial, built to commemorate Pynsent's generosity to Pitt.