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| Pre- Wars of the Roses |
The building that houses Broadway's Tandoori Restaurant was built five years before the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses.
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| The Court |
Just outside the village, on the road to Snowshill, is The Court (built around 1600 as a gatehouse to Broadway Court, which stood in the field opposite until it's demolition in 1773.)
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| Cottages in Snowhills |
Snowhills lies across the border in Gloucestershire. The village clings to the escarpment and stopping to take photos on its narrow, winding road is both difficult and hazardous.
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| Bledington village green |
Wednesday's outing took us up through Snowhills, stopping briefly at Snowhills Lavender Farm, before looking for a lunch spot in Stow-on-the-Wold. Parking proved impossible in Stow so we motored on four more miles to Bledington where we picnicked beside the village green, overlooking the King's Head Inn.
Bledington, like many Cotswold Villages is full of listed buildings. Pretty to look at, they must be a nightmare to maintain and a strain on the purse.
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| Fit for a Hobbit (or two) |
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| House in Broadway, with drystone wall and 'balls'. |
This Cotswolds' stone is forever linked in my mind to England's Civil War. Many of the entrance gateposts to the grand houses and estates are topped with large balls - a nod to the cannoballs used throughout the war. Even the more modest houses in Broadway keep the tradition alive.
