King John's Hunting Lodge is an inn near Somerset, the United Kingdom.[1] Wikidata describes it as “museum in Axbridge, Somerset, England, UK”. It is operated by English Heritage. It stands about 13 km from the centre of Somerset.[3]
Overview
King John's Hunting Lodge is a wool-merchant's house built c. 1468, long after the death of King John in 1216, in Axbridge, a town in the English county of Somerset. It is a jettied timber-frame building of three storeys, occupying a corner plot on the town square. The building has served a variety of purposes with shops on the ground floor and workshops and living quarters on the first and second floors.
From “King John's Hunting Lodge, Axbridge” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]
History and building
It is listed as a Grade II* listed building. [1]
Location
Measured in a straight line, the inn is 13 km from the centre of Somerset. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Bristol Airport (BRS), about 22 km from the centre of Somerset.[4]
It is one of 5 hotels in and around Somerset recorded in Wikidata, 5 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] See Hotels in Somerset.
Other hotels within 1.5 km:
- The Oak Hotel and Restaurant — 0.1 km
- Manor Farmhouse — 1.1 km
- The New Inn — 1.2 km
- The White Hart Inn — 1.3 km
See also
References
- ^ King John's Hunting Lodge (Q15238528). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ King John's Hunting Lodge. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-07-21.
- ^ Somerset (Q23157). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
- ^ Hotels in Somerset. Wikidata. CC0.
Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.