Hinton St. George, Somerset

Hinton St. George is probably the most perfect of the villages between Yeovil and Ilminster, constructed with the attractive golden Ham Hill stone.  The stone was quarried only five miles away, on Hamdon Hill.

High Street, is a broad main street, which is almost entirely Tudor, Jacobean, or Georgian, and has a late-medieval cross with a carving, which is said to be of St. John the Baptist.  Many of the cottages are thatched and from West Street, a stone paved path leads to the fifteen century Church of St. George, with its splendid gargoyled tower.  It contains monuments to the Poulett family who, from the fifteen century, owned Hinton House and the vast estate to the west of the village.  The village inn, not surprisingly, is called the Lord Poulett Arms.

Thatched Cottages

Thatched cottage, Hinton St. George

Thatched cottage, Hinton St. George

St. George’s Church

St. George’s Church, Hinton St. George

St. George’s Church, Hinton St. George

St. George’s Church, Hinton St. George

St. George’s Church, Hinton St. George

High Street, South Street, West Street

West Street, Hinton St. George

South Street, Hinton St. George

Pooh Corner, South Street, Hinton St. George

Pooh Corner, South Street, Hinton St. George

Medieval Village Cross, Hinton St. George

Lord Poulett Arms, Hinton St. George

Little Garth cottage, South Street, Hinton St. George

Lamp post, Hinton St. George

Hamstone house, High Street, Hinton St. George

George and Crown Cottages and Medieval Village Cross, Hinton St. George

Dorothy’s Tea Room, West Street, Hinton St. George

Dorothy’s Tea Room, West Street, Hinton St. George

Cottages, South Street, Hinton St. George

Corner of Gas Lane and South Street, Hinton St. George

Abbey House, Abbey Street, Hinton St. George