Rectory Lane & Back Street
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In the centre of the black and white photograph are three linked cottages, later converted into one dwelling, The Stocks (now known as Church House). To the left of the cottages is a garden with small trees. The church of St Lawrence stands in the background. The photograph is labelled 'Bourton on the Hill'
These three cottages were reconfigured to create a single dwelling, The Stocks, now known as Church House. c.1925 From left to right, Lower Churchyard, Orchard and Tanyard
The black and white photograph is of a Cotswold stone property, labelled, 'The Stocks, Bourton on the Hill'. Wide, shallow stone steps lead up to an ornate metal pedestrian gate, flanked by cylindrical stone pillars. Either side are stone walls with grass and shrubs in front. The house is three stories, with three dormer windows in the upper floor. The house has four separate chimney stacks. The Church of St Lawrence is just visible behind the left hand side of the house.
The Stocks, now known as Church House
A historic black and white photograph, labelled 'Bourton on the Hill, N'15' shows two joined low Cotswold stone cottages, Rectory Cottage & Slatters Cottage to the right. They have dormer windows in the upper floor. Smoke can be scene coming out of a left hand chimney. Simple gardens are in front of the cottages and mature trees frame the picture, through which the cottages can be seen.
Slatters Cottage on the right. Glebe House barn is visible on the left.
The archive black and white photograph is labelled, 'Bourton on the Hill.' It shows a Cotswold stone cottage to the the left, now known as The Croft. It is fronted with shrubs and flowers. There is an unsurfaced road in front of the cottage. A further property, known as The Bank House, can be seen to the right, with mature trees tower behind it.
Pilgrim Cottage, The Croft and The High Bank, from left to right.
The archive black and white photograph is labelled, 'Bourton on the Hill.' It shows a row of Cotswold stone cottages to the the left, Pilgrims Cottage & The Croft. They are fronted with stone walls with plants growing out of and beneath them. A vintage car is parked on the road, dating from 1920-1930s. A further property, now known as The Bank House, can be seen behind the car. Tall, mature trees tower over it.
Pilgrim Cottage, The Croft and The High Bank, from left to right.
The archive black and white photograph is labelled, 'Rectory Lane, Bourton on the Hill.' It shows a row of Cotswold stone cottages to the right, The Croft & Pilgrims Cottage. They are fronted with stone walls with plants growing out of and beneath them. The road leading past the dwellings has a stone wall to the left. The gates to another property, which cannot be seen, are at the end of the lane, flanked by tall, bare trees.
The Croft and Pilgrim Cottage - at one time a school during the mid 20th Century
The view of a church tower seen behind a stone wall and trees
St Lawrence Church seen from Back Street 1935