Toddington Manor
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Toddington Manor by Fabian Musto as part of the Geograph project.
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Toddington Manor
Image: © Fabian Musto Taken: 20 Apr 2022
Here is the large country house at Toddington, which replaced the adjacent country house to the south-west. Built from 1819 to 1835 for Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley, who also designed it, this Gothic-revival building is derived from the Perpendicular work at Oxford. This building is thought to have influenced the design of Highclere Castle (featured in Downton Abbey) and the Houses of Parliament in London. The building was grade I listed in July 1960, and it has been under the ownership of Damien Hurst since September 2005, where he planned restoration for the building as an art gallery for his work and other artists, as well as a family home. This restoration work took off well, as seen in photographs on Geograph from 2008-11. The sole surviving structure at Toddington House, the gatehouse, was successfully restored in 2011. However, Toddington Manor has been neglected and the scaffolding on the structure is falling off. Cf. Image The manor is listed on Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register as of August 2022. This is what happens when someone purchases a building out of their budget!
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Image Location
Latitude
51.998043
Longitude
-1.948538