Donnington, Gloucestershire
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Donnington is a small village and civil parish
in Gloucestershire
, near the Roman
Fosse Way
in the Cotswold
District Council area of south west England.
It is notable for its Cotswold stone houses. They include Donnington Brewery
and Little Barrow, a late Arts and Crafts movement
country house on a medieval site remodelled and extended in Cotswold manorial style with gardens by the distinguished Sussex
architect Walter Godfrey
in the 1930s.
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
, near the Roman
Roman road
The Roman roads were a vital part of the development of the Roman state, from about 500 BC through the expansion during the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. Roman roads enabled the Romans to move armies and trade goods and to communicate. The Roman road system spanned more than 400,000 km...
Fosse Way
Fosse Way
The Fosse Way was a Roman road in England that linked Exeter in South West England to Lincoln in Lincolnshire, via Ilchester , Bath , Cirencester and Leicester .It joined Akeman Street and Ermin Way at Cirencester, crossed Watling Street at Venonis south...
in the Cotswold
Cotswold
The Cotswolds are a range of hills in central England that give their name to:*Cotswold *Cotswold *Cotswold Chase, a horse race*Cotswold Games, annual games in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire...
District Council area of south west England.
It is notable for its Cotswold stone houses. They include Donnington Brewery
Donnington Brewery
The Donnington Brewery is a small brewery based in the Gloucestershire village of Donnington near Stow-on-the-Wold in England.There are ten workers at the brewery and with the help of one lorry and a van they deliver 2,000 gallons of beer a week throughout the Winter, rising to 3,500 in the Summer...
and Little Barrow, a late Arts and Crafts movement
Arts and Crafts movement
Arts and Crafts was an international design philosophy that originated in England and flourished between 1860 and 1910 , continuing its influence until the 1930s...
country house on a medieval site remodelled and extended in Cotswold manorial style with gardens by the distinguished Sussex
Sussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
architect Walter Godfrey
Walter Godfrey
Walter Hindes Godfrey CBE, FSA, FRIBA , was an English architect, antiquary, and architectural and topographical historian. He was also a landscape architect and designer, and an accomplished draftsman and illustrator...
in the 1930s.