Dixton Manor

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Dixton Manor
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Part of Dixton Manor is visible between the trees.
LocationAlderton, Gloucestershire, England
Coordinates 51°58′22″N2°01′26″W / 51.97288°N 2.02395°W / 51.97288; -2.02395 Coordinates: 51°58′22″N2°01′26″W / 51.97288°N 2.02395°W / 51.97288; -2.02395
Listed Building – Grade II*
Designated4 July 1960

Dixton Manor is a Grade II*-listed 16th-century manor house in the south of Alderton parish, Gloucestershire, England.

The manor was built for John Higford in 1555. [1] [2] In the nineteenth century, it was acquired by Samuel Gist. [1] [2] In 1962, it was purchased by Charles Hambro, Baron Hambro. [2] [3]

It has been listed Grade II* by English Heritage since 4 July 1960. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 British Listed Buildings: Dixton manor
  2. 1 2 3 'Parishes: Alderton with Dixton', in A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 6, ed. C R Elrington (London, 1965), pp. 189-197 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol6/pp189-197 [accessed 5 May 2015].
  3. Charles Mosley (ed.), Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage, 1999, vol. 1, p. 1278