A news story from ThisIsGloucestershire. Stroud Civic Society’s own vice chairman, Tim Mars, announced, on April 1st, that Stroud’s notoriously ugly police station may be in line for Grade II listed building status. Tim said, “It’s about time Stroud police station got the recognition it deserves. Its etiolated horizontality offers an elegant[…]
Read moreDesign Award 2008 – Stroud College
Every year the Stroud Civic Society nominates a building for the Stroud Town Council Design Award. In 2008 the nomination went to Stroud College for their new building. Designed by Ellis Williams Architects of Warrington, this is an elegant, understated building with echoes of the white modernist architecture of the 1920s and 1930s. The[…]
Read moreDesign Awards 2007 – Station Master’s House
In 2007 we nominated the Station Master’s House for its exemplary restoration. Built around 1890, this charming Victorian house, survived almost untouched until 2006. It was built by the Great Western Railway as a residence for the station master who had his own private door from the garden through to[…]
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