CONSERVATION AREA STATEMENT - 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.
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