page_title: Delcombe Manor
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Delcombe Manor / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Gateway to Delcombe Manor Entrance to Delcombe Manor on the high Bulbarrow to Milton Abbas road.The road to the manor falls steeply down to Delcombe Bottom.
context_page_description: Delcombe Manor is a Grade II*-listed manor in Milton Abbas, Dorset, England.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Gateway to Delcombe Manor
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