Salperton

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Salperton
All Saints Church
OS grid referenceSP0719
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
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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. {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
  • 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. ^ a b c Verey, 1970, page 386

External links

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