CONSERVATION AREA STATEMENT - Stroud District Council

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CONSERVATION AREA STATEMENT - Conservation Area No7: FRAMPTON ON SEVERN
The oldest part of Manor Farm is a two storied section to the back of the house -it may be a solar, a room built in the
15th century for the personal private use of the owners, away from the bustle of the communal living prevalent at the
time.
To the south-east is a jettied gable-end; known as 'Rosamund's Bower’. This is meant to be the part of the house in
which Fair Rosamund was born. Unfortunately the form of its timber frame seems to date it to no earlier than the
beginning of the 16th century.
The Manor Farm complex as a whole has some of the most interesting buildings in Frampton. The 16th century Manor
Barn, formerly a wool warehouse, is of strikingly small squared box frame construction, with lathe and plaster infill
panels. Restoration revealed secrets in its ashlar plinth- behind the stone’s plain exterior lies elaborate medieval
religious carving of very high quality. The stone is reputed to have come from the 13th century Llanthony Priory in
Gloucester, which was demolished in the wake of the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Manor Cottages probably originated as a hall house in the 15th century. The original timber frame and plaster building
was extended in the 17th century with a brick wing.
Manor Cottages’ thatched roofs have been lost to clay tiles, but Parks and Nastfield Cottages on the other side of
The Green, dating from the early 17th century, have both retained theirs.
Key buildings and focal points
The Green features many of Frampton’s gems; indeed, walking along it is like having a mini- lesson in architectural
history. By and large, it is the buildings towards the ’Top of The Green’, that are the grandest, and those to the south
that are on a smaller scale.
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