{{Short description|Hamlet in Somerset, England}} {{about|the hamlet in Somerset|the place in Devon|Warleigh, Bickleigh}} {{Use British English|date=April 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|51.401|-2.302|type:city(500)_region:GB|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Warleigh | population = 336 | population_ref = <ref>{{cite web |title=2011 Census Profile |url=https://www.bathnes.gov.uk/sites/default/files/bnes_2011_census_selected_small_area_statistics_tool_130213.xls |website=Bath and North East Somerset Council |access-date=25 April 2023}}</ref> | os_grid_reference = ST792645 | unitary_england = Bath and North East Somerset | lieutenancy_england = Somerset | region = South West England | post_town = BATH | postcode_district = BA1 | postcode_area = BA | dial_code = 01225 | constituency_westminster = Bath | static_image_name = Warleigh Manor.jpg | static_image_alt = Warleigh Manor and surrounding landscape | static_image_caption= Warleigh Manor }}
'''Warleigh''' is a hamlet in the civil parish of Bathford, in the Bath and North East Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It lies {{Convert|2.5|mi|4=0}} east of Bath, on the River Avon, it is primarily known as the location of Warleigh Weir and Warleigh Manor.
== History ==
=== Warleigh Manor ===
The Skrine family lived at Warleigh from 1643.<ref name="DNB">{{cite DNB|wstitle=Skrine, Henry|volume=52}}</ref> The present Warleigh Manor was built in 1815 as a country house for Henry Skrine (d.1853); his father Henry Skrine (d.1803) was known for his writings on his travels in Great Britain. John Webb, a Staffordshire architect, designed the house in the revivalist Tudor style.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Laurence |first1=Godfrey |title=Bathford Past and Present |date=1985 |publisher=Bathford Society |isbn=0 9510746 1 X}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Laurence |first1=Godfrey |title=Bathford Past and Present |date=2010|publisher=Bathford Society |isbn=978-0-9510746-2-6}}</ref>
Skrines owned the house for the next seven generations; it was altered and extended in 1907. The building was designated as Grade II* listed in 1956 as an early example of the Tudor revival.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1157904|desc=Warleigh Manor School|access-date=25 April 2023}}</ref> In the same year, the contents were sold and the house and its stable block were occupied by a series of educational establishments: Rodbourne College, Bathford College, and Warleigh Manor School.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bathfordsociety.org.uk/content/buildings/warleigh_manor_house_main.htm |website=The Bathford Society |access-date=25 April 2023|title=Warleigh Manor House}}</ref> In 1999, it was renovated and converted into residential units.<ref>{{cite web |title=Planning Application Details |url=https://www.bathnes.gov.uk/webforms/planning/details.html?refval=99%2F02046%2FFUL#details |website=Bath and North East Somerset Council |access-date=25 April 2023}}</ref>
Close to the house are the former stables (around three sides of a courtyard)<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1115301|desc=Classrooms to Warleigh Manor School|access-date=25 April 2023|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> and the former orangery.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1115300|desc=The Cottage|access-date=25 April 2023|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> Both are of the same period as the house – early to mid 19th century – and are now in residential use.
=== Warleigh Weir === {{Main|Warleigh Weir}} Warleigh Weir was originally built to supply a head of water from the Avon to a gristmill in Claverton. The weir was raised by 12 inches between 1809 and 1813 as part of the construction program for the Claverton Pumping Station, built on the site of the mill.<ref>{{cite book | last=Danks|first=Warwick | title=Claverton Pumping Station (A Definitive Study) | publisher=Kennet & Avon Canal Trust | year=2003 | isbn=978-0-9501173-4-8 }}</ref>
The weir is not publicly accessible from Warleigh, although previously a ferryman operated from Ferry Cottage in Warleigh to the river island, at least until the 1950s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Warleigh Ferry 1950 |url=https://bathintime.co.uk/image-library/image-overview/poster/10860/posterid/10860.html |website=Bath in Time |access-date=25 April 2023}}</ref> The weir can be accessed from a bridge on the Claverton side of the river. The weir and the bridge to the island are both owned by the Canal & River Trust.
Today the weir is a popular wild swimming spot<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids/warleigh-weir-hailed-one-best-1773886|title=Why beauty spot near Bath is hailed as UK's best swimming location|first=James|last=Brinsford|date=14 July 2018|website=somersetlive|access-date=3 June 2019}}</ref> and has been for at least 100 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bathintime.co.uk/posing-for-the-camera-at-warleigh-weir-c-1930s-33872.html|title=Posing for the camera at Warleigh Weir, c.1930s|website=www.bathintime.co.uk|access-date=3 June 2019}}</ref>
none|thumb|Swimmers at Warleigh Weir
== References == {{reflist}}
Category:Hamlets in Bath and North East Somerset