Bishop's Cleeve buildings [3]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 9 Nov 2021

This former tithe barn in Cheltenham Road is now used as the village hall. Probably built in the early 15th century as the tithe barn for the Bishop of Worcester at Cleeve Hall. Partly destroyed by fire in the late 19th century, the barn was altered and restored and reopened as a village hall in 1956. Recently an extension has provided a lift, two new meeting rooms, a new kitchen and other facilities. Constructed of squared, coursed limestone with a stone slate roof. There is a history of the barn at: https://www.cleevetithebarn.org.uk/History Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1340152 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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