Laverton, Gloucestershire Explained

Official Name:Laverton
Country:England
Region:South West England
Static Image Name:Rowan Tree - geograph.org.uk - 49471.jpg
Static Image Caption:The centre of Laverton, Gloucestershire
Static Image Alt:Rowan Tree and Cottages in the centre of Laverton
Static Image 2 Name:Buckland, Gloucestershire Map.png
Static Image 2 Caption:Map of Laverton and Buckland
Static Image 2 Alt:Map showing the villages of Laverton and Buckland, with the routes of the long distance footpaths.
Population:224
Population Ref:(including Buckland) 2010 estimate[1]
Os Grid Reference:SP073356
Map Alt:Map showing the location of Laverton in Gloucestershire
Coordinates:52.0192°N -1.8941°W
Post Town:Broadway
Postcode Area:WR
Postcode District:WR12
Constituency Westminster:Tewkesbury
Civil Parish:Buckland
London Distance Mi:83
Shire District:Tewkesbury
Shire County:Gloucestershire

Laverton is a village in Tewkesbury Borough in Gloucestershire, England. It lies less than a mile south of the village of Buckland, and is in the civil parish of Buckland. The cluster of cottages and farmhouses are built of local Cotswold stone, the oldest dating back at least to the 17th century. A long distance path crosses the village.

Community

The village has a stone-built village hall, providing a 70-seat community building for the parish.[2]

The Winchcombe Way long-distance path runs through the village.[3] To the east of the village is Laverton Hill, formerly an area of limestone quarries. This is part of a Cotswold escarpment that runs from Broadway to Winchcombe, and is part of the Cotswold Way National Trail.[4]

Listed Buildings

There are eight listed buildings in Laverton.

Potters Farmhouse: 17th-century stone farmhouse, with earlier traces. A two-room main wing, with a 3 room cross-wing and lean-to. Grade II, listed 1960.[5]
  • Post Office and Trots Cottage: 17th-century stone cottages with stone slate roofs. Grade II, listed 1960 [6]
  • K6 Telephone Kiosk
  • near Potter Farm. Archetypal 1935 design, painted red. Grade II, listed 2008.[7]
    Hill Farmhouse: late 17th or early 18th-century stone farmhouse three rooms wide. Grade II, listed 1960.[8]
  • Hollytree Cottage: 17th-century farmhouse, formerly called Laverton House Farm, built in squared stones alternating thick and thin courses, with a Welsh slate roof. Notable ashlar stone wall around the garden. Grade II, listed 1960.[9]
  • Top Farm farmhouse and stable: A 17th-century stone farmhouse with stone slate roof. The nearby stable may date to the 15th century. It is built of stone, timber-frames and weatherboarding, and has a thatched roof. Both are grade II, listed 1987.[10]

    • Railway

    Between 1905 and 1960, the village was served by Laverton Halt on the Honeybourne line, part of the Great Western Railway network.

    During 2011-12, Laverton Halt was brought back into use (as a run-round loop) by the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, a heritage railway. This ceased when the line was extended to Broadway, Worcestershire in 2018.[11]

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Mid-2010 Population Estimates for Parishes in Gloucestershire by Single Year of Age and Sex . Office for National Statistics . 16 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20160310092534/http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160105160709/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/what-we-do/publication-scheme/published-ad-hoc-data/population/october-2012/mid-2010-civil-parish-syoa-estimates---gloucestershire.xls. 10 March 2016.
    2. Web site: GRCC Village Hall Database . 8 January 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105851/http://www.grcc.org.uk/village-hall-database/village-hall/laverton-village-hall . 4 March 2016 . dead .
    3. Web site: LDWA Winchcombe Way page . 8 January 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130120121553/http://www.ldwa.org.uk/ldp/members/show_path.php?path_name=Winchcombe+Way . 20 January 2013 . live .
    4. Web site: Cotswold National Trail website . 8 January 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130106175014/http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/cotswold/ . 6 January 2013 . live .
    5. Web site: British Listed Buildings: Potters Farmhouse . 8 January 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001709/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-134797-potters-farmhouse-buckland-gloucestershi . 4 March 2016 . live .
    6. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-134798-post-office-and-trots-cottage-buckland-g British Listed Buildings: Trots Cottage
    7. Web site: British Listed Buildings: K6 Telephone Kiosk . 8 January 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024732/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-504146-k6-telephone-kiosk-buckland-gloucestersh . 4 March 2016 . live .
    8. Web site: British Listed Buildings: Hill Farmhouse . 8 January 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070546/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-134799-hill-farmhouse-buckland-gloucestershire . 4 March 2016 . live .
    9. Web site: British Listed Buildings: Hollytree Cottage . 8 January 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211927/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-134800-hollytree-cottage-and-front-garden-wall- . 4 March 2016 . live .
    10. Web site: British Listed Buildings: Top Farm . 8 January 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231917/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-134801-top-farm-farmhouse-buckland-gloucestersh . 3 March 2016 . live .
    11. https://archive.today/20130216043749/http://www.gwsr.com/news/latest-news/2012-what-a-year!.aspx GWSR latest news, 2012 What a Year!

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