- Toddington Manor
Toddington Manor is a 19th century
country house in the English county ofGloucestershire , near the village of Toddington. It is in the gothic style and was designed byCharles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley for himself and built between1819 and1840 . It is a Grade Ilisted building . In 2004,planning permission to convert it into a hotel was denied after the scheme had attracted considerable local opposition. In 2005 it was purchased by the artistDamien Hirst who plans to restore it and use it as a family home and a gallery for his own works and his collection of works by other artists. [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4204060.stm
title=Artist Hirst buys up manor house
date=2005-09-01
publisher=BBC News website
accessdate=2008-10-06]References
External links
* [http://www.adam-stanford.co.uk/toddington-manor/manor/tm-history.htm A website about Toddington]
* [http://www.zip.com.au/~lnbdds/home/toddington.htm A webpage about Toddington]
* [http://www.dicamillocompanion.com/Houses_hgpm.asp?ID=1972 The DiCamillo Companion entry for Toddington Manor]
* [http://www.exrenda.net/gallery.htm#toddington A VR Panorama of St Andrews church overlooking the Manor]
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