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Picture of LL Model Name Original Town Visit LL Ref. Dates Actual Location Grid Ref. IoE
Sulgrave Manor . Sulgrave Open to public. . . The Manor House,

Manor Road 

OX17 2SD
 

 N52.1061 W1.1835 .234213
Sulgrave Village website
Lilliput Lane's "Sulgrave Manor" is based on The Manor House, Manor Road, OX17 2SD  [IoE 234213] The ancestral home of the Washingtons in Britain   
I visited on August 28, 2008 and managed to get on the last tour at 4pm .... I was the only participant!  BBC Panoramic Images
  Photo: Carol Applegate
This wing was added in 1929 On the East side you can see the fireplace ---- the wing extended another 70 feet originally
The Elizabethan front entrance -- with the detail -- coat of arms and "ER"
  Most famous descendant
   
National Herb Garden -- herbs that were taken to America I chatted to gardener Sue McNally who was preparing a garden as it would have been in America in the 1640s. I sent information about crop growing at the Plimoth Plantation.
  Some pictures I took from the road on previous visits .........
...................... when the house was closed
Cottages opposite entrance to Sulgrave Manor inc Manor Cottage [IoE 234210]
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Rectory Farmhouse [IoE 234202]  

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