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Delcombe Manor

Delcombe Manor
Location Milton Abbas, Dorset, England
Coordinates 50°50′34″N 2°17′43″W / 50.8427°N 2.2954°W / 50.8427; -2.2954Coordinates: 50°50′34″N 2°17′43″W / 50.8427°N 2.2954°W / 50.8427; -2.2954
Listed Building – Grade II*
Designated 14 July 1955

Delcombe Manor is a Grade II*-listed manor in Milton Abbas, Dorset, England.

The manor was built circa 1750 using flint and stone from Milton Abbey. It was originally two separate cottages which were joined together. It was designed in the Romantic Gothic architectural style.

In 1929 it was purchased by merchant banker Charles Jocelyn Hambro, who lived there with his wife Pamela Hambro and their children, including his son Charles.

The manor is listed as Grade II* by Historic England; the listing was applied on 14 July 1955.


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