CONSERVATION AREA STATEMENT - Stroud District Council

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32 CONSERVATION AREA STATEMENT - Conservation Area No7: FRAMPTON ON SEVERN The eastern side of the Street, beyond the hard edging created by the old school room, is more open to view and much less constrained. The houses generally sit nearer to the road, but they still tend to have some form of front garden. Their boundaries are more often low walls and hedges or, a very common Frampton on Severn feature, decorative wrought iron fences. Unfortunately some boundaries have been removed and front gardens turned into parking spaces. This has resulted in an erosion of the characterful delineation between public and private space. The streetscape opens dramatically in the area around the lych gate. Whilst on the one side, the garden walls of Buckholt House provide a tall, hard edge to the road, on the other, the flat expanse of the Narles opens the up the view to the river. The Street itself, at the start of a sweeping curve, widens at this point, making a mini- village green with the important feature of the pollarded limes. Although the majority of the houses between Whittles Lane and The Green do have some private space to the front, it is generally the buildings, not the gardens, that come to the fore as the chief definers of space, particularly on the west side. Here, a very hard edge develops; the road is either hemmed in by front walls, or fairly blank gable ends. Stroud District Council
There are some notable exceptions to the small front garden rule: Greycroft, De Lacy Cottage/ Ye Old Cruck House, Bokara and Blenheim House all bring more extensive green breaks to the streetscape. The open space created by Tamaris’ garden is a vital soft transition between The Street and The Green. At all times, the narrow glimpses sideways, down footpaths, lanes, drives and past gardens, provide a hugely important link between the contained streetscape and the open fields and orchards beyond. SUB AREA 3: THE GREEN CONSERVATION AREA STATEMENT - Conservation Area No7: FRAMPTON ON SEVERN Origins and evolution of the built environment The Green and its surrounding buildings are often considered to be the jewels in Frampton on Severn’s crown, however, prior to 1731, although described as being ‘pleasant’, the Green was essentially a marsh. By the 15th century, a few well- scattered buildings were already standing around The Green, near to the Perry Way, which led from the Bristol- Gloucester Road to an ancient Severn crossing point at Arlingham. Stroud District Council 33
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