About the Stow On The Wold With Maugersbury Conservation Area
The Stow On The Wold With Maugersbury Conservation Area covers about 35 hectares and was designated by Cotswold District Council in 1970. Inside the boundary are 125 listed buildings (1 Grade I, 4 Grade II*, 120 Grade II). The most significant is Parish Church of St Edward, Grade I. 38 Tree Preservation Order records overlap the area; every other tree here still needs six weeks’ notice before work.
What changes inside the conservation area
Conservation areas are “Article 2(3) land”. You keep most permitted development rights, but these are removed or tightened.
- Rear extensionElsewhere: 3 m · 6 m with PANo 6 m / 8 m prior approval
- Two-storey extensionElsewhere: 3 mNeeds planning permission
- Side extensionElsewhere: Half the widthNeeds planning permission
- Loft conversionElsewhere: 50 m³Needs planning permission
- Garden roomElsewhere: 2.5 m high by boundariesNot beside the house
- PorchElsewhere: 3 m²Same limits
- Solar panelsElsewhere: 0.2 m projectionSame limits
- Air source heat pumpElsewhere: 1 unitNot facing the road
- Fences, walls and gatesElsewhere: 2 m · 1 m by a roadSame limits
- External claddingElsewhere: Matching materialsNeeds planning permission
- Tree workElsewhere: No notice6 weeks’ notice to the council
- Demolition (over 115 m³)Elsewhere: AllowedNeeds planning permission
Limits for a semi-detached house under the GPDO 2015. An Article 4 direction can remove more.
Listed buildings in the conservation area
Any work affecting these needs listed building consent, inside or out. Each links to its entry on the National Heritage List.
- Parish Church of St EdwardGrade I
- Masonic HallGrade II*
- St Edward's HouseGrade II*
- The King's Arms Hotel, With CamillaGrade II*
- The Royalist HotelGrade II*
- 12, Park StreetGrade II
- 3, Wragg's RowGrade II
- 4, Wragg's RowGrade II
- 5, Wragg's RowGrade II
- 7, Park StreetGrade II
- 8 and 9, Wragg's RowGrade II
- Annwillow CafeGrade II
- Assunta'sGrade II
- Barn Circa 7 Metres South West of Oxleaze HouseGrade II
- Barn, Circa 25 Metres North of Manor FarmGrade II
- BeauportGrade II
- Bell House StaddlestonesGrade II
- Burgage HouseGrade II
- Chantry and GatepiersGrade II
- Churchyard Boundary Wall Fronting Road With 2 Archways, Gatepiers and Gates to ChurchyardGrade II
- Clematis Cottage and 7, Wragg's RowGrade II
- Close Cottage Hardcastle Williams (opticians)Grade II
- ConistonGrade II
- CoppersGrade II
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- Cotswold Book ShopGrade II
- Cotswold CottageGrade II
- Cotswold Fruit ShopGrade II
- Cottage to North of George Cottage (ladies Lavatory)Grade II
- Cox-Newman, Gannicott and Townsend (solicitors)Grade II
- Deborah's KitchenGrade II
- Digbeth HouseGrade II
- Drinking Fountain and Horse TroughGrade II
- ElmsneathGrade II
- Enoch's TowerGrade II
- Extension of Unicorn HotelGrade II
- GarwickGrade II
- Gates and Gatepiers to Rear of Woolcomber HouseGrade II
- GeminiGrade II
- George CottageGrade II
- Green Elms Stow AntiquesGrade II
- Grey HouseGrade II
- Half Moon HouseGrade II
- Huntingdon Antiques (south Extension) Premises of Manuel RestaurantGrade II
- Huntingdon Antiques, Premises on Corner Opposite Churchyard EntryGrade II
- Jasmine Cottage the ManseGrade II
- John Blockley Gallery and Adjoining GalleryGrade II
- K6 Telephone KioskGrade II
- K6 Telephone KioskGrade II
- K6 Telephone KioskGrade II
- K6 Telephone Kiosk, Park StreetGrade II
- Lloyd's BankGrade II
- Manor FarmhouseGrade II
- Manor HouseGrade II
- Maugersbury ManorGrade II
- Meb Electricity CentreGrade II
- Mother Hubbard's Cupboard, Part of Top of the HillGrade II
- Mount PleasantGrade II
- North Cotswold Standard and Purdeys of StowGrade II
- Old RectoryGrade II
- Oxleaze HouseGrade II
- Page's BakeryGrade II
- Pair of Bale Tombs Immediately North West of ChurchGrade II
- Pair of Table Tombs 15 Yards North West of ChurchGrade II
- Park FarmhouseGrade II
- Park House and ExtensionGrade II
- Part of Premises of Wye AntiquesGrade II
- Part of Premises Wye AntiquesGrade II
- Pine House (premises of Francis Hill and Cole)Grade II
- Police Station and Magistrates' CourtGrade II
- Premises of Cheltenham and Gloucester Building SocietyGrade II
- Premises of Cripps and Wood and Premises of Huntingdon Antiques AdjacentGrade II
- Premises of Duncan BaggottGrade II
- Premises of Duncan BaggottGrade II
- Premises of H W PenfordGrade II
- Premises of RemickGrade II
- Premises to West of HarkersGrade II
- Priory CottageGrade II
- Priory StudioGrade II
- Queen's Head Inn Public HouseGrade II
- Reid CottageGrade II
- Rock HouseGrade II
- Rogers CottageGrade II
- Ross HouseGrade II
- Roy Mangen, SaddleryGrade II
- South Close Cottage and Walls Linking With Southayes CottageGrade II
- Southayes CottageGrade II
- St Edward's CottageGrade II
- St Edward's HallGrade II
- Star Inn HouseGrade II
- Stow Baptist ChapelGrade II
- Stow Lodge HotelGrade II
- Stow Youth Hostel (yha)Grade II
- Stow-on-the-Wold Post OfficeGrade II
- Stuart HouseGrade II
- Summer House in Garden of Fosseway House and Boundary Wall Linking It to Road.Grade II
- Sycamore BarnGrade II
- Sycamore FarmhouseGrade II
- Talbot HouseGrade II
- Tayler and FletcherGrade II
- The CottageGrade II
- The Counting HouseGrade II
- The CrookGrade II
- The CrossGrade II
- The Curiosity ShopGrade II
- The Dower HouseGrade II
- The Elms the Little ElmsGrade II
- The Flower GirlGrade II
- The Fruit BasketGrade II
- The Little HouseGrade II
- The Old Red Lion HotelGrade II
- The PharmacyGrade II
- The RectoryGrade II
- The Salad BowlGrade II
- The StocksGrade II
- The Talbot Hotel (and Rear Extensions)Grade II
- The Unicorn HotelGrade II
- TollgateGrade II
- Tudor HouseGrade II
- Walls of Ture Between the Talbot Hotel and the PharmacyGrade II
- Walton HouseGrade II
- White CottageGrade II
- White Hart HotelGrade II
- Woodward BrothersGrade II
- Woolcomber Cottage Woolcomber HouseGrade II
- Workshop to Rear of Grey House (premises of Smalley and Co)Grade II
Streets in the conservation area
Streets with listed buildings inside the boundary. Boundaries often split a street — check your exact address.
The council’s appraisal
WEBStow On The Wold With Maugersbury Conservation Area AppraisalCotswold District Council’s description of the area’s character — what planners look at when you apply.Open on council site ↗Nearby conservation areas
Boundary and listed buildings from Cotswold District Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.