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Upper Roxbush

A Grade II Listed Building in Longhope, Gloucestershire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8834 / 51°53'0"N

Longitude: -2.4666 / 2°27'59"W

OS Eastings: 367982

OS Northings: 220635

OS Grid: SO679206

Mapcode National: GBR FX.RGSX

Mapcode Global: VH86L.6XCL

Plus Code: 9C3VVGMM+89

Entry Name: Upper Roxbush

Listing Date: 4 July 1985

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1186511

English Heritage Legacy ID: 354215

ID on this website: 101186511

Location: Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, GL17

County: Gloucestershire

District: Forest of Dean

Civil Parish: Longhope

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire

Church of England Parish: Longhope All Saints

Church of England Diocese: Gloucester

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Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 3 March 2026 to update the Name and Address and reformat the text to current standards

SO 62 SE
2/138

LONGHOPE
ROSS ROAD (south side)
Upper Boxbush House

(Formerly listed as Upper Boxbush)

II

Farm house, early C17. Timber-framed on random rubble plinth, painted brick nogging with a little wattle and daub surviving; tiled roof. L-plan, with three rooms to main wing; two storeys, upper half in roof. Framing three panels high, low tension braces in gable and one in main facade. Timber-framed, gabled porch over boarded door: further boarded door beyond to left: small lean-to dormer immediately to left; otherwise various scattered windows. Gable to road has a sash window on each floor, lower six panes wide. Internally two rooms nearest road separated by large, internal chimney stack: front door enters immediately in front of one hearth, originally into timber lobby. Steep segmental head to door to unheated end room; both rooms have heavy chamfers to ceiling beams, smaller chamfers and similar stops to exposed joists. Ceiling beams to bedroom nearest road chamfered; with a collar truss, principal rafter jointed direct to wall post, with stud set a little inside.

Listing NGR: SO6798220635

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