Bishop's Cleeve buildings [1]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 9 Nov 2021

The Royal Oak public house has an early or mid 17th century range and 17th or early 18th century range. The early range is timber framed on a pebbledashed plinth under a thatch roof. The later range was originally timber framed and encased in brick in, probably, the early 19th century. This range is set on a limestone plinth under a concrete tile roof. There are later rear extensions. Some early internal features remain. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1091696 Bishop's Cleeve is a large village in Gloucestershire. It lies at the foot of Cleeve Hill, the highest point of the Cotswolds, some 3½ miles north of Cheltenham. Although Iron Age and Roman remains have been found locally, the earliest known origins of the village date to the 8th Century. A monastery and surrounding land was given to the Bishop of Worcester, and the village became the Bishop’s Cliffe. The village grew rapidly when an aerospace factory was built nearby after the Second World War and continues to grow.

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