| Prescott | |
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 Pardon Hill Cottage | |
  Prescott Location within Gloucestershire | |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Cheltenham |
| Postcode district | GL54 |
Prescott is a settlement and civil parish in the Cotswolds within the English county of Gloucestershire. There are scattered farms and houses. There may once have been a settlement around the chapel.
Prescott Speed Hill Climb is a motor sport event held in the parish.
Within the parish is Nottingham Hill Camp a promentary hill fort which was occupied during the Iron Age, Romano-British and possibly Anglo-Saxon periods. It has been scheduled as an ancient monument. [1]
The estate was the property of Tewkesbury Abbey until the dissolution of the monasteries. It was then sold and became part of the Stanway estate. [2] There is some archaeological evidence that there may once have been a settlement around the chapel. [2]
Pardon Hill Farm is a 17th-century timber-framed farmhouse. [3] It has a 19th-century ice house, [4] and 18th century workshop. [5]
Prescott House was enlarged by Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough around 1860 in Tudor Gothic style. Nearby are two stone monoliths each 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high. [6]
The Prescott Speed Hill Climb takes place here. The site was purchased in 1937 by the Bugatti Owners' Club and the site includes the Bugatti Trust Museum. [7] The races are organised by the Vintage Sports-Car Club. [8]
There is a 12th-century chapel of ease which is a Grade II* listed building. [9] It may have been dependent on the church at Winchcombe. [2]
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