Alvediston Manor
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.
| Alvediston Manor | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | House |
| Location | Alvediston, Wiltshire |
| Coordinates | 51.0114°N 2.0352°W |
| Built | c.1750 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | The Manor, Alvediston |
| Designated | 6 January 1966 |
| Reference no. | 1130703 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Walls, gates and gate piers to the front of Alvediston Manor |
| Designated | 27 July 1985 |
| Reference no. | 1130704 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Garages at Alvediston Manor |
| Designated | 27 July 1985 |
| Reference no. | 1318669 |
  Location of Alvediston Manor in Wiltshire | |
History and description
The manor house at Alvediston dates from the mid-18th century.[1] Nikolaus Pevsner, in his Buildings of England, notes that the house is "of brick, in a stone county".[2] It is of two storeys and is five bays wide and stands in the centre of the village.[1] In 1968, the house was bought by Anthony Eden, using funds from the sale of his memoirs.[3] His wife, Clarissa, designed the garden and Eden kept a small herd of Hereford cattle at the farm he purchased at the same time.[lower-alpha 1][5] 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.[6]
Alvediston is a Grade II Listed building,[1] with the garages,[7] and the garden walls, which Pevsner noted were "nicely curved",[2] and the gates and gate piers having separate Grade II listings.[8]
Footnotes
- 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".[4]
References
- Historic England. "The Manor, Alvediston (Grade II) (1130703)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- Pevsner & Cherry 2002, p. 89.
- Rhodes James 1986, p. 613.
- Eden 2007, p. 270.
- Rhodes James 1986, p. 617.
- Rhodes James 1986, p. 620.
- Historic England. "Garages at Alvediston Manor (Grade II) (1318669)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- Historic England. "Walls, gates and gate piers to the front of Alvediston Manor (Grade II) (1130704)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
Sources
- Eden, Clarissa (2007). Haste, Cate (ed.). Clarissa Eden: A Memoir - From Churchill to Eden. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 9780297851936. OCLC 153554371.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (2002). Wiltshire. The Buildings Of England. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300096590. OCLC 49298090.
- Rhodes James, Robert (1986). Anthony Eden: A Biography. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 9780297789895. OCLC 185680845.