Stroud Civic Society

Tomorrow, Saturday March 17th, there will be a public consultation on the proposal from Stroud Town Council to run the Subscription Rooms. The consultation is from 10am until 12 noon on Saturday March 17th in the George Room at the Subscription Rooms. District council staff and elected councillors will be[…]

A report on our February 2018 event on ‘The Country Houses of Warwickshire 1660 – 1830’ given by Geoffrey Tyack.  The favourite was definitely red as members and friends of Stroud Civic Society entered the Old Town Hall, removed gloves and chose their glass of wine. Our speaker waited sympathetically[…]

Stroud District Council have recently announced an 8 week consultation period on A Heritage Strategy for Stroud District.  The Civic Society will be submitting views – and we would encourage everyone interested in Stroud to do so too. The document, subtitled ‘Valuing our historic environment and assets’, is to become[…]

The Society recently objected to a retrospective application by the owner of Fone Revive in Stroud High Street.  The business had recently completely remodelled the shop front with plastic fascias, out of keeping with the town centre and at odds with Conservation Area policy. The business owner had not applied[…]

At the end of a narrow lane, nestling under beech woods, lies Owlpen Manor and its church. It was a perfect day for our guided tour of the house and garden by the owner (since 1974), Sir Nicholas Mander. Sir Nicholas came out to meet us after we had picnicked[…]

An account of our meeting on Thursday 31st March, written by Sue Houseago. Stroud Civic Society’s meeting on the 31st March in the Old Town Hall began with the AGM, which marks the end of its winter talks. Most auspiciously the last was to be about ‘Canals in the Landscape’ and[…]

Our comments on the recent proposals by Ecotricity to clad Axiom House and Imperial House in Stroud can be read on the links below: Imperial House Axiom House

An account of our meeting on Thursday 25th February, written by Sue Houseago. The authors of ‘The Cotswold House’, Tim Jordan and Lionel Walrond, arrived in Stroud Old Town Hall on the 25th February with a laptop, and all the necessary accoutrements to guide a full house of Civic Society members[…]

Words by Sue Houseago. On Thursday 28th January, Stroud’s Old Town Hall was again warmly lit and vibrant with anticipation, as Civic Society members and visitors awaited Rob Cowen’s second challenging talk ‘Plandemonium 2’. After our Chairman, Juliet Shipman, welcomed us all, Tim Mars introduced our speaker through the extended[…]

Words mostly by Tim Mars, with some added/edited by Jonathan Briggs Media coverage of the meeting Our November meeting to discuss and debate the Eco-Park proposals proved very popular, with the somewhat controversial concept attracting a lot of publicity before and after the event. The attendees included representatives from The[…]