historic interest in England. Hotel and private members club In 1998, Nick Jones who had founded the Soho House club in Soho, London bought the property. He converted it to a hotel, club and wedding venue for the London members of the Soho House club, as well as for new Somerset members. The property is also part-owned by actor Neil Morrissey. In that year, Jones was cautioned by police after eleven Polish illegal immigrants were found working at the hotel. Wedding ceremonies are performed in St Margaret's Church or in the orangery. Weddings for non-members are allowed. Notable weddings held at Babington House Fat Boy Slim and Zoë Ball, August 1999 Nick Jones and Kirsty Young, 30 September 1999 Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal and Liz Jones, 2002 John Thomson and Samantha Sharp (reception only), May 2005 Natasha Kaplinsky and Justin Bower, 21 August 2005 Lucy Benjamin and Richard Taggart, 30 March 2006 Angela Griffin and Jason Milligan, 31 July 2006 Clive Standen and wife Francesca, 2007 Richard Bacon and Rebecca McFarlane (reception only), 17 January 2008 Danny Goffey and Pearl Lowe, 4 December 2008 Amanda Holden and Chris Hughes, 10 December 2008 Jenni Falconer and James Midgley, 3 June 2010 Damien Duff and wife Elaine (reception only), 17 June 2010 Amanda Lamb and Sean McGuinness, June 2012 Sam Taylor-Wood and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, 21 June 2012 James Corden and Julia Carey, 15 September 2012 Jamie Dornan and Amelia Warner, 2013 Katherine Kingsley and Dominic Tighe, 25 June 2013 Professor Green and Millie Mackintosh, 10 September 2013 Lucie Cave and Ben Lunt, 4 September 2014 Eddie Redmayne and Hannah Bagshawe, 15 December 2014 Tanya Burr and Jim Chapman, September 2015 Michael Arden and Andy Mientus, 18 August 2016 Chris Hayden and Mairead Nash, the former drummer and the manager of Florence and the Machine, 22 September 2016 Eoin Morgan and Tara Ridgway, November 2018 Grounds To the north of the House are lawns planted with 19th-century specimen deciduous and coniferous trees and ornamental shrubberies. From here there are views north and northeast across the park beyond the former northwest drive towards the grounds of Ammerdown House, Kilmersdon. Within the grounds a chain of five informal pools lies in a shallow valley about west of the House. The pools are surrounded by mixed specimen trees and shrubberies. A walk on the western side of the pools leads to a kitchen garden southwest of the