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Latitude: 51.7141 / 51°42'50"N
Longitude: -2.232 / 2°13'55"W
OS Eastings: 384069
OS Northings: 201735
OS Grid: SO840017
Mapcode National: GBR 1MY.DK0
Mapcode Global: VH954.85DS
Plus Code: 9C3VPQ79+J6
Entry Name: Round House
Listing Date: 28 June 1960
Last Amended: 24 February 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1172134
English Heritage Legacy ID: 132094
Location: Woodchester, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5
County: Gloucestershire
Civil Parish: Woodchester
Built-Up Area: Woodchester
Traditional County: Gloucestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire
Church of England Parish: Woodchester St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Gloucester
SO 80 SW WOODCHESTER FROGMARSH
4/219 Round House (previously listed
as Round House at Frogmarsh Mill)
28.6.60
GV II
Former teasel drying tower, now small house. Mid-late C18; late
C20 addition. Coursed rubble limestone; stone slate roof.
Three-storey; circular with 2-storey circular addition. Three
small lancets at cardinal positions and upper level pointed arched
doorway to rear, now reached by C20 stairs. Lancets removed at
connection with C20 addition but reused on that addition.
Inserted fixed light at low-level on original tower; some timber
casements to addition. Conical roofs; addition with finial.
Interior not inspected. An important survival, dry teasels being
used in the process of raising the nap of cloth.
(L.F.J. Walrond, 'Wool, Woolmen and Weavers' in C. and A.M.
Hadfield ed., The Cotswolds - A New Study, 1973.)
Listing NGR: SO8406901735
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