Salperton

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Coordinates: 51°53′06″N 1°53′24″W / 51.885°N 1.890°W / 51.885; -1.890
Salperton
Salperton

 Salperton shown within Gloucestershire
OS grid reference SP0719
Civil parish Hazleton
District Cotswold
Shire county Gloucestershire
Region South West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Gloucestershire
Fire Gloucestershire
Ambulance Great Western
EU Parliament South West England
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Salperton is a village in the Cotswolds about 8 miles (13 km) east of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire.

History

The Church of England parish church of Saint Nicholas is Norman, with some Early English Gothic windows and a Perpendicular Gothic porch.[1]

Tudor House is a Cotswold stone house built in the 16th or 17th century.[2] The Old Bell Inn is Georgian, with a date-stone of 1752.[2]

Salperton Park is a country estate. Its country house was designed by Richard Pace and built in 1817.[2]

Sources

  • Herbert, N.M. (ed.); Davidson Cragoe, Carol; Jurica, A.R.J.; Williamson, Elizabeth (2001). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Gloucester, Volume 9. pp. 155–166. 
  • Verey, David (1970). The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 385–386. ISBN 0-14-071040-X. 

References

  1. Verey, 1970, page 385
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Verey, 1970, page 386

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