Lypiatt

{{Short description|Village in Gloucestershire, England}}

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| civil_parish = Miserden

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| region= South West England

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| shire_district= Stroud

| shire_county= Gloucestershire

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|static_image=Lypiatt Sculpture Park 10.jpg

|static_image_caption=Dog by Lynn Chadwick at Lypiatt Park in Stroud, Gloucestershire/UK

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Lypiatt is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Miserden, in the Stroud district, in Gloucestershire, England, approximately {{convert|4|mi|0}} east of Stroud.

The parish was formed from Stroud in 1894, later in 1894 the parish was abolished to form "Bisley with Lypiatt".{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/stroud.html|title=Stroud Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=6 December 2022}}

The parish is noted for two historic houses:

  • Lypiatt Park, of medieval origins,{{cite web |title=Lypiatt Park |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000771 |website=National Heritage List for England |publisher=Historic England |accessdate=30 October 2019}} home of the late Modernist sculptor Lynn Chadwick and his family
  • a neo-Classical manor house, Nether Lypiatt Manor,{{cite web |title=Nether Lypiatt Manor including forecourt walls, gateways and clairvoyée |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1152395 |website=National Heritage List for England |publisher=Historic England |accessdate=30 October 2019}} formerly the home of Violet Gordon-Woodhouse and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, who sold in 2006 to Paul Drayson.

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