The Cotswolds

Zina Smižanská
Sexta
 The Cotswolds
● The Cotswolds is an area in south-
central England, along a range of rolling
hills that rise from the meadows of the
upper Thames to an escarpment above
the Severn Valley

● The Cotswolds is a sparsely populated

rural area, where folklore and original
architecture have been preserved,
landscape contains stone-built villages
where the houses are built of local
honey-coloured stone
 The Cotswolds

● It is also known as „heart of England “

● In 1966, the Cotswolds was declared

a Protected Area of ​Outstanding
Natural Beauty
● Notable historical monuments are
Sudeley Castle and Broadway Tower,
the most popular tourist attractions
are the historic villages of Bibury,
Tetbury or Stanton
 Cotswold architecture
• A style based on houses from the Cotswold region of England is sometimes
called the storybook style

• These houses often have a prominent chimney, often near the front door of
the house, other notable features include king pillars and steep roofs
Cotswold architecture
 Sudeley Castle
• Sudeley Castle is listed in the parish of Sudeley, in the Cotswolds, near to the
medieval market town of Winchcombe
• The castle has 10 notable gardens covering some 15 acres ( approx. 60000
m2)
• Building of the castle began in 1443 for the Lord High Treasurer of England,
on the site of a previous 12th-century fortified manor

• It was later seized by the crown and became the property of King Edward IV
and King Richard III, who built its famous banqueting hall
 Broadway tower
• A historic, neo-Gothic building located on Broadway Hill near Broadway in
Worcestershire, England
• It is considered a typical folly building
• The tower itself stands 20 metres high and is completely isolated in the
landscape, which creates a strong visual dominance
• It is built on the site of a lighthouse in the past. Tower was built between
1798 and 1799, the architect was James Wyatt (a neo-Gothic style
promoter)
 Bibury
• A village and a civil parish in Gloucestershire, England
• It is located on the River Coln, a tributary of the Thames, which rises in the
same district of Cotswold
• The village is known for its honey-coloured 17th-century stone cottages
with steeply pitched roofs, which once housed weavers who supplied cloth
for fulling at nearby Arlington Mill
 Bibury- Arlington Row
• The most attractive part of village - Arlington Row
• Major destination for tourists visiting traditional rural villages, tea houses
and the many historic buildings of Cotswold County

• Arlington Row is a nationally significant architectural reserve displayed on

the inside cover of all British passports
Thanks for your
attention
 Resources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotswolds
https://www.visitengland.com/things-to-do/cots
wolds
https://handluggageonly.co.uk/2018/12/24/14-b
est-places-in-the-cotswolds-you-should-visit/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudeley_Castle
https://www.historichouses.org/house/sudeley-c
astle/visit/
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/bibury