Arlington Row at Arlington in the parish of Bibury, Gloucestershire, England was built in the late 14th century as a wool store and converted into weavers' houses in the late 17th century. It is a Grade I listed building,[1] owned by the National Trust.[2]
| Arlington Row | |
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| Location | Arlington, Bibury, Gloucestershire, England |
| Coordinates | 51°45′30″N 1°50′05″W / 51.7584°N 1.8348°W |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Official name | Arlington Row |
| Designated | 23 January 1952[1] |
| Reference no. | 1155677 |
  Location of Arlington Row in Gloucestershire | |
Arlington Row on Awkward Hill is a nationally notable architectural conservation area depicted on the inside cover of all United Kingdom passports.[3] It is a popular visitor attraction,[4] reportedly one of the most photographed Cotswold scenes.[5]
History edit
The cottages were built in 1380 as a monastic wool store.[6] This was converted into a row of cottages for weavers in the late 17th century, with some late 17th- or early 18th-century additions.[1]
The cloth produced there was hung out on racks to dry on The Rack Isle opposite, before being sent on to Arlington Mill for degreasing.[7]
It was preserved by the Royal Society of Arts in 1929 and restored by the National Trust in the 1970s.[1]
It has been used as a film and television location, most notably for the films Stardust[8] and Bridget Jones's Diary.[9][10][11]
In 2017 the BBC reported that an "ugly" car parked by an elderly motorist had been vandalised, possibly by visitors who had repeatedly complained that it spoilt photographs.[12]
Architecture edit
The limestone two-storey buildings have gables below cruck roofs covered with slate.[1][13]
External links edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "Arlington Row". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ "Bibury". National Trust. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ^ "Arlington Row, Bibury". Loving the Cotswolds. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ "Gloucestershire – History – Day Out: The South East Cotswolds". BBC. January 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ^ "Arlington Row, Bibury". Bibury. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ Historic England. "Arlington Row (1155677)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Bibury Village, Gloucestershire". www.biburyvillage.uk. Archived from the original on 18 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ "Filming Location Matching "Arlington Row, Bibury, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England, UK"". IMDB. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ "Passport picture not behind influx of tourists according to Bibury residents". Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ "Tales from Bibury Shop: Japanese and English". 13 May 2010.
- ^ "Beauty spots to appear in our new passports". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ "Notorious yellow car vandalised in Bibury". BBC Gloucester. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ Moore, Nicholas J. (1994). "Arlington Row, Bibury, Gloucestershire: Early Conversion of an Industrial Building?". Vernacular Architecture. 25 (1): 20–24. doi:10.1179/vea.1994.25.1.20.