Alvediston Manor
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{{Infobox historic site
| name = Alvediston Manor
| image = Village House, Alvediston - geograph.org.uk - 795930.jpg
| caption =
| type = House
| locmapin = Wiltshire
| map_relief = yes
| coordinates = {{coord|51.0114|-2.0352|type:landmark_region:GB-WIL|display=inline,title}}
| location = Alvediston, Wiltshire
| area =
| built = c.1750
| architect =
| architecture =
| governing_body =
| designation1 = Grade II
| designation1_offname = The Manor, Alvediston
| designation1_date = 6 January 1966
| designation1_number = 1130703
| designation2 = Grade II listed building
| designation2_offname = Walls, gates and gate piers to the front of Alvediston Manor
| designation2_date = 27 July 1985
| designation2_number = 1130704
| designation3 = Grade II listed building
| designation3_offname = Garages at Alvediston Manor
| designation3_date = 27 July 1985
| designation3_number = 1318669
}}
Alvediston Manor, Alvediston, Wiltshire, England is an 18th-century house. From 1968 until his death in 1977, it was the home of the former prime minister Anthony Eden. The manor is a Grade II listed building.
History and description
The manor house at Alvediston dates from the mid-18th century.{{NHLE|desc=The Manor, Alvediston|num=1130703|grade=II|accessdate=19 May 2020}} Nikolaus Pevsner, in his Buildings of England, notes that the house is "of brick, in a stone county".{{sfn|Pevsner|Cherry|2002|p=89}}
It is of two storeys and is five bays wide and stands in the centre of the village. In 1968, the house was bought by Anthony Eden, using funds from the sale of his memoirs.{{sfn|Rhodes James|1986|p=613}} His wife, Clarissa, designed the garden and Eden kept a small herd of Hereford cattle at the farm he purchased at the same time.{{efn|Clarissa Eden recorded her husband's pride in becoming President of the Hereford Herd Book Society; "He was always able to pick out a good animal for stud. They all looked the same to me".{{sfn|Eden|2007|p=270}}}}{{sfn|Rhodes James|1986|p=617}} In 1975, his last volume of memoirs, Another World, was written at Alvediston. Eden died at the house on 14 January 1977 and is buried in the village churchyard.{{sfn|Rhodes James|1986|p=620}}
Alvediston is a Grade II Listed building, with the garages,{{NHLE|desc=Garages at Alvediston Manor|num=1318669|grade=II|accessdate=19 May 2020|fewer-links=yes}} and the garden walls, which Pevsner noted were "nicely curved",{{sfn|Pevsner|Cherry|2002|p=89}} and the gates and gate piers having separate Grade II listings.{{NHLE|desc=Walls, gates and gate piers to the front of Alvediston Manor|num=1130704|grade=II|accessdate=19 May 2020|fewer-links=yes}}
Footnotes
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References
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Sources
- {{cite book
| last1 = Eden | first1 = Clarissa
| authorlink1 = Clarissa Eden
| editor-last = Haste
|editor-first = Cate
| editor-link =Cate Haste
| title = Clarissa Eden: A Memoir - From Churchill to Eden
| year = 2007
| url = https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/153554371
| publisher = Weidenfeld & Nicolson
| location = London
| isbn = 9780297851936
| oclc = 153554371
}}
- {{cite book | last1 = Pevsner | first1 = Nikolaus
| last2 = Cherry | first2 = Bridget
| authorlink1 = Nikolaus Pevsner
| title = Wiltshire
| series = The Buildings Of England
| year = 2002
| url = https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49298090
| publisher = Yale University Press
| location = New Haven, US and London
| isbn = 9780300096590
| oclc = 49298090
}}
- {{cite book
| last1 = Rhodes James | first1 = Robert
| authorlink1 = Robert Rhodes James
| title = Anthony Eden: A Biography
| year = 1986
| url = https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/185680845
| publisher = Weidenfeld & Nicolson
| location = London
| isbn = 9780297789895
| oclc = 185680845
}}
Category:Houses completed in the 18th century
Category:Grade II listed houses
Category:Grade II listed buildings in Wiltshire