Grade I listed buildings in Somerset country house acquired by the National Trust, in 1907, on the recommendation of the antiquarian Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley. Newton Surmaville was built between 1608 and 1612 for Robert Harbin, a Yeovil merchant, on the site of an earlier building, but was extensively altered and enhanced in the 1870s. Lytes Cary and its associated chapel and gardens have parts dating to as early as the 14th century. The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner praised it, saying "Yet all parts blend to perfection with one another and with the gentle sunny landscape that surrounds them." The 17th-century house at Tintinhull is surrounded by
Octavia Jordan Perry in 1982. Other works by Perry include "The Tuggles", "Flow’rland Lays"," These Jordans Were Here", and a centennial history of the First Presbyterian Church of High Point, North Carolina. Finding Aid for the Octavia Jordan Perry Manuscript, 1982 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Octavia Jordan Perry Octavia Jordan Perry (1895–1991) was an American writer. She was born 21 April 1895 in Orange County, North Carolina, where her father was a country doctor. While a young child, she moved with her family to Durham, North Carolina. In 1916 she graduated from Woman's College (now the University of North Carolina