Salperton
Not to be confused with Sapperton (disambiguation).
Coordinates: 51°53′06″N 1°53′24″W / 51.885°N 1.890°W
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
External links
Media related to Salperton at Wikimedia Commons
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