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Hunters Road, CHELTENHAM, GL52 8XW

Cleeve Hall, Cheltenham Road, is the former residence of the Bishop of Worcester. Built circa 1250, the house was altered circa 1667, with further alterations in the 18th century and in the 1970s. Constructed of square, coursed limestone under a stone slate roof. Some 17th, 18th and 19th century internal features and fittings remain. Now used as offices. Listed, grade II*, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1303966 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.

Cheltenham Road. Stoke Orchard was down Stoke Road but it is now a cul-de-sac. Gloucester County / Stoke Orchard 2 / Cheltenham 3 / Gloucester 12 / A435 Milestone Society ID: GL_ST9527

Willow Cottage, number 1 Stoke Road, was built in the late 17th or early 18th century. Timber framed, probably square-panelled, now pebbledashed set on a limestone plinth under a thatch roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1154408 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.

Cleeve Hall in Bishop's Cleeve is now the head office of Bovis Homes.

This fine pre-Worboys finger post stands at the junction of Cheltenham Road and Stoke Road. 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.

Located on the southwest side of the junction of Cheltenham Road and Stoke Road. Bishops Cleeve parish. 2 arms and annulus finial. The STOKE ORCHARD 2½ arm, visible in https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6575292, is now covered to stop traffic going that way, as it is now a no through road. See also https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7156265 and https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6575292. Milestone Society National ID: GL_SO9527

The arrival of stores such as Lidl, and across the road Tesco, are testament of the growth and urbanisation of a once medium size village.

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.