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Toddington, CHELTENHAM, GL54 5DN

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!

Seen from St Andrew's churchyard, the manor is swathed in scaffolding as major restoration takes place. Built by Charles Hanbury-Tracy between 1819-35, the gargantuan Gothic house has been somewhat ignored by historians (except Hussey and Pevsner) and is yet to be given its rightful place in the early history of the Gothic Revival. Hanbury-Tracy was his own architect and most of the details are extremely accurate. The house was designed and built before Pugin's Contrasts (1836), the book which lit the touchpaper for Gothic, and before the religious movements of Oxford and the Camden Society got underway. After years of uncertainty, the house was purchased by Damien Hirst, who has ambitious plans for the place. Listed Grade One, as you would expect.

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!

Toddington Manor has been under scaffolding for many years, undergoing major restoration, here it is viewed from Toddington church churchyard. The house was purchased by Damien Hirst. The house was built 1819-35 to a design bhy its owner Charles Hanbury-Tracey, and is described on the Historic England website as: "A very important Gothic-revival building, detailing largely derived from Perpendicular work at Oxford: thought to have influenced design of Highclere and the Houses of Parliament." Not surprisingly it is Grade I listed, see: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1340101

Toddington Manor has been under scaffolding for many years, undergoing major restoration, here it is viewed from Toddington church churchyard. The house was purchased by Damien Hirst. The house was built 1819-35 to a design bhy its owner Charles Hanbury-Tracey, and is described on the Historic England website as: "A very important Gothic-revival building, detailing largely derived from Perpendicular work at Oxford: thought to have influenced design of Highclere and the Houses of Parliament." Not surprisingly it is Grade I listed, see: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1340101

Toddington Manor has been under scaffolding for many years, undergoing major restoration, here it is viewed from Toddington church churchyard. The house was purchased by Damien Hirst. The house was built 1819-35 to a design bhy its owner Charles Hanbury-Tracey, and is described on the Historic England website as: "A very important Gothic-revival building, detailing largely derived from Perpendicular work at Oxford: thought to have influenced design of Highclere and the Houses of Parliament." Not surprisingly it is Grade I listed, see: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1340101

Toddington Manor is a Grade I listed and was built between 1819-35 by its owner Charles Hanbury-Tracy. Its Gothic perpendicular architectural style is thought to have influenced the design of Highclere Castle and the Houses of Parliament. The property was purchased by Damien Hirst in 2005 and since then the house has been under scaffolding and sheeting. The plan being to open it as a galley. At the time of uploading this picture in 2017 the house remains under scaffolding. ink to Historic England site https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1340101

Toddington Manor viewed from the churchyard of St Andrew's church. The manor was purchased some years ago by Damien Hirst and it seems to have been under scaffolding and sheeting forever. Will it ever be unveield!

Toddington Manor (owner, Damien Hirst), under wraps. Viewed from the churchyard.