Laverton, Gloucestershire

Community

The village has a stone-built village hall, providing a 70-seat community building for the parish.

The Winchcombe Way long-distance path runs through the village. To the east of the village is Laverton Hill, formerly an area of Limestone quarries. This is part of a Cotswold escarpment that runs from Broadway to Winchcombe, and is part of the Cotswold Way National Trail.

Listed Buildings

There are eight listed buildings in Laverton.

Potters Farmhouse

17th-century stone farmhouse, with earlier traces. A two room main wing, with a 3 room cross-wing and lean-to. Grade II, listed 1960.

Post Office and Trots Cottage

17th-century stone cottages with stone slate roofs. Grade II, listed 1960

K6 Telephone Kiosk

near Potter Farm. Archetypal 1935 design, painted red. Grade II, listed 2008.

Hill Farmhouse

late 17th or early 18th-century stone farmhouse three rooms wide. Grade II, listed 1960.

Hollytree Cottage

17th-century farmhouse, formerly called Laverton House Farm, built in squared stones alternating thick and thin courses, with a Welsh slate roof. Notable ashlar stone wall around the garden. Grade II, listed 1960.

Top Farm farmhouse and stable

A 17th-century stone farmhouse with stone slate roof. The nearby stable may date to the 15th century. It is built of stone, timber-frames and weatherboarding, and has a thatched roof. Both are grade II, listed 1987.

Railway

Between 1905 and 1960, the village was served by Laverton Halt railway station on the Honeybourne line, part of the Great Western Railway network. In 2012, Laverton Halt was brought back into use by the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, a steam heritage railway. Laverton currently serves as its northern terminus, with trains for 2013 running from Laverton to the station at Cheltenham Racecourse, some 12 miles (19 km) away. There are plans for the line to extend northward to Broadway, Worcestershire.