Salperton

Not to be confused with Sapperton (disambiguation).
Salperton
Salperton
 Salperton shown within Gloucestershire
OS grid referenceSP0719
Civil parishHazleton
DistrictCotswold
Shire countyGloucestershire
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Police Gloucestershire
Fire Gloucestershire
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
List of places
UK
England
Gloucestershire

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

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

References

  1. Verey, 1970, page 385
  2. 1 2 3 Verey, 1970, page 386

External links

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