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Priory Lane, CHELTENHAM, GL52 8JL

Number 39 Priory Lane is a delightful Victorian cottage in brick with some fine bargeboards. 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.

St Michael's Cottage, Priory Lane, was built in the later 17th or early 18th century. Constructed of square-panelled timber framing with rendered and painted brick noggin set on a limestone plinth, all under a thatch roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1091697 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.

From Station Road, this footpath leads to Priory Lane. 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.

Number 79 Station Road is a 17th century cottage with a later, unsympathetic extension. Constructed of square-panelled timber framing with rubble and brick noggin, set on a rubble stone plinth with the gable end to the street in rubble stone and weatherboarded, all under a thatch roof. There is another view of the cottage at Image Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1091701 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.

Number 79 Station Road is a 17th century cottage with a later, unsympathetic extension. Constructed of square-panelled timber framing with rubble and brick noggin, set on a rubble stone plinth with the gable end to the street in rubble stone and weatherboarded, all under a thatch roof. There is another view of the cottage at Image Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1091701 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.

Cottage. C17. Square-panelled timber framing with limestone rubble and unpainted brick infill, on a limestone rubble plinth; gable end facing road limestone rubble and weatherboarded gable; thatched roof with decorative ridge thatching; red brick stack.

Owls End, number 87 Station Road, is a large house built in the late C17 or early 18th century with later additions. The plan is 'L' shaped with a timber framed cross wing. Constructed partly of square-panelled timber framing with brick noggin, and partly of coursed limestone rubble stone, under roofs partly of artificial stone slate and partly of tile. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1091702 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.

Rose Cottage, number 89 Station Road, was built in the early 18th century with a later extension, which, although unsympathetic, is only linked to the original building. Built gable end to the street. Constructed of square-panelled timber framing with painted brick, and painted rubble stone and brick, and rendered infill, all under a thatch roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1154387 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.

There is no station now, although the railway has been resurrected as the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.

There are some older houses in this road but the village lost its station in March 1960. Although the line has been relaid by the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, a heritage line, there are currently no plans for a station in the village.