CONSERVATION AREA STATEMENT - Stroud District Council

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28 CONSERVATION AREA STATEMENT - Conservation Area No7: FRAMPTON ON SEVERN The Buildings in Sub Area 2: The Street Early buildings and materials Some of the earliest surviving buildings in Frampton on Severn are to be found on The Street. Wildgoose Cottage, The Old Thatch, The Summerhouse and Greycroft date from the latter half of the 15th century and De Lacy Hall/The Old Cruck House was built in the early 16th century. These cottages are all of timber, cruck frame construction, an ancient method of building. Put simply, cruck framed buildings are generally rectangular and divided into sections, or ’bays’ by pairs of naturally curving timbers, ‘cruck blades’, cut from a single trees, usually oak or elm. These rise from a stone plinth, right up, and join together at the top to form the apex of the roof. Wooden struts, attached using wooden pegs, tie the timbers in place and the spaces between the timbers are infilled with wattle and daub, then plastered over. The original wattle and daub can be seen in the gable end of Greycroft and above the windows at De Lacy Cottage. These are relatively rare survivals as much was lost to later brick infilling. Stroud District Council
Owing to the limited size of the available timbers, it is likely that the cottages were originally single storey. Floors were generally inserted in the 16th century to make the cottages a storey and a half, with the attic room being tucked under the steeply sloping roof. This would have once been thatched. The attic rooms were probably unlit until dormer windows were brought in from the early 18th century onwards. When the cruck cottages were built, they would have been of high status with wealthy owners, today, they appear to be of the same humble scale as many of the later historic buildings on the Street, which tend to have been built for trades people and labourers. Key buildings and focal points CONSERVATION AREA STATEMENT - Conservation Area No7: FRAMPTON ON SEVERN There are many key buildings along the gently winding The Street. Some are instantly noticeable, such as the Arts and Crafts Village Hall; the ‘tudorbethan’ style schoolroom and the gracious Buckholt House. The delightful Buckholt Cottages, whose Neo-Classical architectural references are much grander than their status really warrants, sit in direct, striking, contrast to their opposite neighbour. The unusual, unadorned flat façade of Church Farm House creates a notable landmark corner on the turning into Whittles Lane. Sadly, the badly at risk grouping of De Lacy Cottage, the Olde Cruck House and Greycroft makes a very big impression for the wrong reasons, but they are also very show- stopping for the right reasons, being of great age and architectural interest. They, along with the jettied Tudor Cottage, and The Old Thatch also stand out by virtue of being black and white timber framed in generally plain- rendered or brick built surroundings. Stroud District Council 29
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