Lytes Cary

Medieval manor house in Somerset, England, 10 km/6 mi north of Yeovil. Additional buildings were added to the house in almost every century from the 14th. Walter Jenner designed the Elizabethan-style garden, and left the house, contents and 145 ha/358 acres to the National Trust in 1949. The house includes a 14th-century chapel, a 15th-century hall, and a 16th-century ‘great chamber’.

Lytes Cary was the home of the Lyte family for five centuries until it was sold in the 18th century. Henry Lyte, horticulturist and antiquary, wrote his Niewe Herball here and dedicated it to Elizabeth I. His botanic garden has not survived.