Bishop's Cleeve houses [7]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 9 Nov 2021

Number 18 Evesham Road and number 20 Evesham Road are semi-detached cottages. Number 18 was built in the 17th century and extended in the 19th century. Constructed of square-panelled timber framing extended or partly encased in squared, coursed limestone under a stone slate roof. There is a rear extension in brick. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1154126 Number 20 was built in the late 17th or early 18th century. Constructed of square-panelled timber framing with rendered infill on a rendered plinth with the gable wall to the street of squared, coursed limestone, all under a stone slate roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1091735 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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