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Stroud Town Council ask the Civic Society to chose the annual winners of the  Town Design Award.  For 2012 we choose the new canal bridge at Merrywalks in Stroud: Words by Tim Mars, Design pictures courtesy of Gloucestershire CC. Design drawings by Graham Bailey. Click pictures to enlarge them. The new Stroud[…]

On Saturday 18th February, the Stroud Civic Society put up a stall in the Farmers’ Market in Stroud, showing our banner and spreading the word, and also hoping to bring in some new recruits. We are very grateful for the help and the free pitch donated by the organisers of[…]

This is Sue Houseago’s report on the talk given to Stroud Civic Society on January 19th 2012… How to build a beautiful, eco-friendly house that is also a low carbon home and sustainable too. As the Old Town Hall in Stroud filled with heavily be-coated and be-hatted people last Thursday;[…]

This is a report on Alec Hamilton’s presentation to the Society on 17th February 2011. Text by Sue Houseago, pictures (mostly inserted below the text) attributed individually. This week’s talk, as our enthusiastic speaker Alec Hamilton confirmed, was to be a brief history of saving churches. We warmed instantly, in[…]

This is a report on the Society’s visit to Croome Park on September 9th 2010, written by Sue Houseago. (pictures by Juliet Shipman and Guy Williams) Stroud Civic Society Scores a First! During a lively visit to Croome Park, Juliet Shipman ensured that we were the first members of the[…]

This is a Report on the Society’s visit to Birmingham on July 4th 2010. Written by John Hatton BIRMINGHAM is a city of the good, the bad and the downright ugly. So the Civic Society’s day out in Birmingham to inspect the architecture was bound to be more challenging than most[…]

This is a Report on the talk given by Richard Bossons at our meeting on March 25th 2010. Report by Nick Miles. Richard Bossons treated members and guests to a very well-presented and informative talk on the restoration and conservation work carried out to the stone corona at Holy Trinity Church, Minchinhampton[…]

May 2009:  The winner of the public poll to find Stroud’s best shop front was announced as more than 60 residents and traders attended Stroud Town Council’s Annual Awards Evening in early May. Walkers Bakery was named as the winner during the evening at St Laurence Church Hall. The shop has undergone[…]

May 2009: Stroud has been nominated in the Great Towns category for an Academy of Urbanism award. The nomination describes the town as: “One of the more authentically gritty and industrial of the Cotswold towns, Stroud has been regenerating itself ‘bottom-up’ in recent years, with some notable success. There is[…]

Stroud’s ‘ugliest building’, Tricorn House, has been empty and derelict for many years. Its prominent position at a major road junction ensures everyone, residents and visitors alike, get a regular view of this monstrosity. © Photo copyright David Gruar and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. There have been occasional campaigns[…]