Laverton, Gloucestershire
Laverton | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Broadway | |
Postcode district | WR12 | |
Police | Gloucestershire | |
Fire | Gloucestershire | |
Ambulance | South Western | |
UK Parliament | ||
Laverton is a village in
Community
The village has a stone-built village hall, providing a 70-seat community building for the parish.[2]
The Winchcombe Way long-distance path runs through the village.[3] To the east of the village is Laverton Hill, formerly an area of limestone quarries. This is part of a Cotswold escarpment that runs from Broadway to Winchcombe, and is part of the Cotswold Way National Trail.[4]
Listed Buildings
There are eight
- Potters Farmhouse
- 17th-century stone farmhouse, with earlier traces. A two-room main wing, with a 3 room cross-wing and lean-to. Grade II, listed 1960.[5]
- Post Office and Trots Cottage
- 17th-century stone cottages with stone slate roofs. Grade II, listed 1960 [6]
- K6 Telephone Kiosk
- near Potter Farm. Archetypal 1935 design, painted red. Grade II, listed 2008.[7]
- Hill Farmhouse
- late 17th or early 18th-century stone farmhouse three rooms wide. Grade II, listed 1960.[8]
- Hollytree Cottage
- 17th-century farmhouse, formerly called Laverton House Farm, built in squared stones alternating thick and thin courses, with a Welsh slate roof. Notable ashlar stone wall around the garden. Grade II, listed 1960.[9]
- Top Farm farmhouse and stable
- A 17th-century stone farmhouse with stone slate roof. The nearby stable may date to the 15th century. It is built of stone, timber-frames and weatherboarding, and has a thatched roof. Both are grade II, listed 1987.[10]
Railway
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Between 1905 and 1960, the village was served by Laverton Halt on the Honeybourne line, part of the Great Western Railway network.
During 2011-12, Laverton Halt was brought back into use (as a run-round loop) by the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, a heritage railway. This ceased when the line was extended to Broadway, Worcestershire in 2018.[11]
References
- ^ "Mid-2010 Population Estimates for Parishes in Gloucestershire by Single Year of Age and Sex". Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ^ "GRCC Village Hall Database". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ^ "LDWA Winchcombe Way page". Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ^ "Cotswold National Trail website". Archived from the original on 6 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ^ "British Listed Buildings: Potters Farmhouse". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ^ British Listed Buildings: Trots Cottage
- ^ "British Listed Buildings: K6 Telephone Kiosk". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ^ "British Listed Buildings: Hill Farmhouse". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ^ "British Listed Buildings: Hollytree Cottage". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ^ "British Listed Buildings: Top Farm". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
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