Prescott, Gloucestershire

Prescott is a settlement and civil parish in the Cotswolds within the English county of Gloucestershire. There are scattered farms and houses. There may once have been a settlement around the chapel.

Prescott

Pardon Hill Cottage
Prescott
Location within Gloucestershire
Civil parish
  • Prescott
District
  • Tewkesbury
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCheltenham
Postcode districtGL54

Prescott Speed Hill Climb is a motor sport event held in the parish.

History

Within the parish is Nottingham Hill Camp a promentary hill fort which was occupied during the Iron Age, Romano-British and possibly Anglo-Saxon periods. It has been scheduled as an ancient monument.[1]

The estate was the property of Tewkesbury Abbey until the dissolution of the monasteries. It was then sold and became part of the Stanway estate.[2] There is some archaeological evidence that there may once have been a settlement around the chapel.[2]

Pardon Hill Farm is a 17th-century timber-framed farmhouse.[3] It has a 19th-century ice house,[4] and 18th century workshop.[5]

Prescott House was enlarged by Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough around 1860 in Tudor Gothic style. Nearby are two stone monoliths each 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high.[6]

Events

The Prescott Speed Hill Climb takes place here. The site was purchased in 1937 by the Bugatti Owners' Club and the site includes the Bugatti Trust Museum.[7] The races are organised by the Vintage Sports-Car Club.[8]

Religious sites

There is a 12th-century chapel of ease which is a Grade II* listed building.[9] It may have been dependent on the church at Winchcombe.[2]

References
  1. "Nottingham Hill camp". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  2. Elrington, C.R. "Parishes: Prescott In A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 6". Victoria County History. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  3. "Pardon Hill Farm". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  4. "Ice house cl5m north of Pardon Hill Farmhouse". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  5. "Workshop Pardon Hill Farm". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  6. "Two monoliths c30m north of Prescott House". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  7. "Bugatti Owners Club and Prescott Speed Hill Climb". Cotswolds Info. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  8. "Prescott Speed Hill Climb". Prescott Speed Hill Climb. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  9. "Chapel of Ease - dedication unknown". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  • David Verey, Gloucestershire: the Vale and the Forest of Dean, The Buildings of England edited by Nikolaus Pevsner, 2nd ed. (1976) ISBN 0-14-071041-8, p. 321.
  • Media related to Prescott at Wikimedia Commons
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