The first recording of the property Uplands in Bawdrip Lane discovered to date was in 1822 [6a]
Then in a newspaper advertisement 1834 Uplands House was advertised for sale or let as “A capital newly erected Messuage”. [1]
It was also offered for sale or let in 1840
It was rebuilt, probably for the Revd. John Warren, in the late 1850s, had ten bedrooms and a large service wing.
By 1861 he had moved to Uplands House. [6b]
It was also offered for sale or let in 1895
From 1901 successive Vicars have lived in the Rectory House opposite the Church.
Uplands was later known as Bawdrip House [2]
1931 occupied by Col Wilfred Wykham Jelf CMG DSO [3]
Mrs Cecilia Helen Jelf stayed in the house until approx. May 1941 [4]
The House was leased in the 1940’s by Somerset County Council for use as a smallpox hospital and for evacuees. [6c]
In October 1944 when the lease expired the Council purchased the premises for £5,300 plus costs as a Residential Nursery. [5]
In 1988 it was a family residential centre until sold in 2010 and is now a private house again.
Research by Richard Culverhouse March 2018.
Acknowledgement of information from National Newspaper Archives
Sources
[1] Somerset Gazette 3rd April 1834
[2] Col Wilfred Wykham Jelf CMG DSO died 17 October 1933 at “Bawdrip House” – Western Morning News – Friday 19 January 1934
[3] Coming to live at Uplands-Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser – Wednesday 26 August 1931
[4] Confirmed by Yvonne Crammer resident at Uplands during WWII – interview 21 Nov 2017
[5] Somerset County Herald, Saturday October 14th, 1944.
[6] History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6, Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and Neighbouring Parishes). Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1992.
a) P.R.O., RG 9/1628. b) S.R.O., D/D/Rm, box 2. c) Ibid. D/R/bw 22/1/57; D/PC/baw 3/2/2.
