Old Overtown House
OLD OVERTOWN HOUSE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1303001
- Date first listed:
- 24-Mar-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Old Overtown House
- Statutory Address:
- OLD OVERTOWN HOUSE
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 1999-10-14
- Reference:
- IOE01/01497/34
- Rights:
- © Mr E. Currier. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1303001
- Date first listed:
- 24-Mar-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Old Overtown House
- Statutory Address 1:
- OLD OVERTOWN HOUSE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- OLD OVERTOWN HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Stroud (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Cranham
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 89930 12125
Details
SO 81 SE CRANHAM OVERTOWN
1/153 Old Overtown House
GV II
Farmhouse with attached barn, now incorporated. Early-mid C17; addition dated J.D. 1660 for John Davies. C18 barn incorporated in C20. Random rubble and ashlar limestone; ashlar chimneys; stone slate roof. Two-storey with attic; wing added to east end forming L-plan. Barn at west end. North west side: earliest part to left with scattered and mixed fenestration; one 3-light chamfered mullioned casement to ground floor, otherwise all small-paned timber casements. Early C18 moulded and keyed oeil-de-boeuf inserted to right. Gabled roof dormer with small-paned casement. Barn to right has glazed infill to former doorway with timber lintel. C16 casement to each floor right inserted in C20, three- light to ground floor, 2-light above, both with round headed lights. North east end: gable end of earlier house to right with moulded cap to gable-mounted chimney. Ashlar elevation to wing to left has single ovolo moulded mullioned casement to each floor with hoodmould, 3-light to ground floor, 2-light above. Pedimented doorway to right with inscription to pulvinated frieze. Moulded architrave to 3-centred arch; moulded keystone and imposts; double 3-panel doors. Early C18 oeil-de-boeuf above with paterae and hoodmould. Rear: projecting chimney with 2 rebuilt diagonal shafts to gable end of wing. Single-window fenestration to rear of wing as to front. Projecting stair turret in angle. C20 casements to main range and former barn. Interior: room in wing has moulded Tudor arched stone fireplace. Forms group with Old Overtown Cottage (q.v.) to north east. (A.R.J. Jurica, 'Cranham' in V.C.H. Glos. vii, 1981, pp 199-210)
Listing NGR: SO8993012125
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 132712
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Gloucester, (1981), 199-210
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 10-Jun-2026 at 09:14:57.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.