Arlington Row
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{{Short description|Building in Bibury, England}}
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| designation1 = Grade I listed building
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Arlington Row at Arlington in the parish of Bibury, Gloucestershire, England was built in the late 14th century as a wool store and converted into weavers' houses in the late 17th century. It is a Grade I listed building, owned by the National Trust.{{cite web| title = Bibury | url = http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/bibury/ | publisher =National Trust | date = | accessdate = 7 August 2013 }}
Arlington Row on Awkward Hill is a nationally notable architectural conservation area depicted on the inside cover of all United Kingdom passports.{{cite web |title=Arlington Row, Bibury |url=http://www.lovingthecotswolds.com/arlington-row-bibury |publisher=Loving the Cotswolds |accessdate=12 May 2019}} It is a popular visitor attraction,{{cite web| title = Gloucestershire – History – Day Out: The South East Cotswolds | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/content/articles/2008/10/23/dayout_se_cotswolds_video_feature.shtml | publisher = BBC | date = Jan 2009 | accessdate = 7 August 2013 }} reportedly one of the most photographed Cotswold scenes.{{cite web |title=Arlington Row, Bibury |url=http://www.bibury.com/arlington-row/ |publisher=Bibury |accessdate=12 May 2019}}
History
The cottages were built in 1380 as a monastic wool store.{{NHLE|desc=Arlington Row|num=1155677|accessdate=28 August 2016}} This was converted into a row of cottages for weavers in the late 17th century, with some late 17th- or early 18th-century additions.
The cloth produced there was hung out on racks to dry on The Rack Isle opposite, before being sent on to Arlington Mill for degreasing.{{cite web |title=Bibury Village, Gloucestershire |url=https://www.biburyvillage.uk/arlingtonrow.html |website=www.biburyvillage.uk |accessdate=1 July 2019 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718161212/http://www.biburyvillage.uk/arlingtonrow.html |archivedate=18 July 2019}}
It was preserved by the Royal Society of Arts in 1929 and restored by the National Trust in the 1970s.
It has been used as a film and television location, most notably for the films Stardust{{cite web |title=Filming Location Matching "Arlington Row, Bibury, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England, UK" |url=https://www.imdb.com/search/title?locations=Arlington%20Row,%20Bibury,%20Cirencester,%20Gloucestershire,%20England,%20UK&ref_=ttloc_loc_2 |publisher=IMDB |accessdate=12 May 2019}} and Bridget Jones's Diary.{{cite web |url=http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/Passport-picture-influx-tourists-according-Bibury/story-21747410-detail/story.html |title=Passport picture not behind influx of tourists according to Bibury residents |accessdate=2014-08-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808042758/http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/Passport-picture-influx-tourists-according-Bibury/story-21747410-detail/story.html |archivedate=8 August 2014 |df=dmy-all }}{{Cite web|url=http://biburyshop.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/japanese-and-english.html|title=Tales from Bibury Shop: Japanese and English|date=13 May 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.gloucestercitizen.co.uk/Beauty-spots-appear-new-passports/story-11931593-detail/story.html |title=Beauty spots to appear in our new passports |accessdate=2014-08-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924022813/http://www.gloucestercitizen.co.uk/Beauty-spots-appear-new-passports/story-11931593-detail/story.html |archivedate=24 September 2015 |df=dmy-all }}
In 2017 the BBC reported that an "ugly" car parked by an elderly motorist had been vandalised, possibly by visitors who had repeatedly complained that it spoilt photographs.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-38867290|title=Notorious yellow car vandalised in Bibury|work=BBC Gloucester|date=4 February 2017|accessdate=4 February 2017}}
Architecture
The limestone two-storey buildings have gables below cruck roofs covered with slate.{{cite journal |last1=Moore |first1=Nicholas J. |title=Arlington Row, Bibury, Gloucestershire: Early Conversion of an Industrial Building? |journal=Vernacular Architecture |date=1994 |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=20–24 |doi=10.1179/vea.1994.25.1.20 }}
External links
{{Commons category|Arlington Row, Bibury}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8OjIabj1kg Drone footage of the cottages]