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Acton Court is a Tudor courtier's house near Iron Acton, Gloucestershire. Acton Court was built as a moated manor house in the 13th-century for the Acton family. Nicholas Poyntz added the East Wing onto the existing moated manor house shortly before 1535. The wing was lavishly and fashionably decorated to impress Henry VIII, who stayed in the house with Anne Boleyn in 1535. The house is one of the best-preserved mid-16th-century houses in the country. The house is within the council area of South Gloucestershire.
Historic England Grade I Listed 1320155.

Place Type: Tudor House
Historic County: Gloucestershire
Lat, Long: 51.55568,-2.4674406
Grid Reference: ST 6768 8419
Civil Parish: Iron Acton CP
Council Area: South Gloucestershire CA
Strategic Authority Area: West of England SA
Police Area: Avon and Somerset PA

GBPN ID: 299517
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Acton_Court,_Gloucestershire_299517

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