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When the direct line of succession ended in 1680, the house was sold. It was reduced in size and converted for use as a tenanted farmhouse. Due to neglect, the house gradually fell into a dilapidated state. By the end of the 20th century, practically only the East Wing survived. However, the neglect
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resulted in a rare example of Tudor royal state apartments being preserved virtually intact. The house was purchased at auction in 1984 by
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on behalf of the Bristol Visual and Environmental Group (BVEG). An extensive restoration was completed only recently.
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Prior to the restoration, English Heritage commissioned a comprehensive study, published as K. Rodwell and R. Bell,
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architecture and was recently restored. It is situated, at some considerable distance from the
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Faulkner, Neil (May 2008). "'A goodly howse': the rebuilding of Acton Court".
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Grade I listed historic house museum in South Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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Acton Court. The evolution of an early Tudor courtier's house
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Acton Court: The evolution of an early Tudor courtier's house
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and the parish church of St Michael, on Latteridge Lane,
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Gloucestershire
England
51°33′20.5″N 02°28′02″W / 51.555694°N 2.46722°W / 51.555694; -2.46722
Acton Court is located in Gloucestershire


manor house
manor of Iron Acton
Gloucestershire
grade I listed
Tudor
village
Iron Acton
Iron Acton
South Gloucestershire
England
Nicholas Poyntz
Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn
West Country
Eva Dorothy Brown
Archaeology Data Service
Acton Court. The evolution of an early Tudor courtier's house
ISBN
1-873-59263-9
Historic England
"ACTON COURT, AND GATEWAY AND FLANK WALLS 40M EAST (1320155)"
National Heritage List for England
"Dorothy Brown MBE established Bristol Visual and Environmental Group in 1971. It is affiliated with the Bristol Visual and Environmental Buildings Trust Ltd. - further information"

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