Stanway, an Estate Village that is Home to the Magnificent Stanway House
Stanway is a tiny crossroad village in the Tewkesbury Borough in the Cotswold Way in Gloucestershire County in England. It is about a mile south of Stanton, another town in the county.
Food, Shopping and Accommodation in Stanway
There are no hotels or any tourist accommodation in Stanway. Winchcombe , Alderton in Gloucestershire and Evesham and Buckland are the likely places where guests can find rooms. Restaurants or pubs are also scarce in this town, in fact, there are none within the town limits. But pubs, gastropubs, fine-dining restaurants, cafes, tea rooms and even cheap eats, fifty-nine of them at latest count, are available in Tewkesbury.
Things to See and Do in Stanway
The principal attraction of this village is the imposing Stanway House, a Jacobean manor house set amidst formal gardens with a baroque gatehouse. The estate also boasts of a gravity-fed fountain, which at 300 feet is considered the highest fountain of its kind in the UK. The fountain which is part of the water gardens was restored in 2004, and it can be seen from several miles away.
The medieval St Peter’s Church and a beautiful tithe barn are also on the estate. A tower was added in the 13th Century. The tithe barn, on the other hand, was built in the 14th Century for Tewkesbury Abbey.
Another feature of the Estate is the brewery, one of only two coal-fired breweries in the UK which was reopened recently. A Flower Show during the month of August is also being held in the Tithe Barn at the House Grounds since 1940.
A structure of particular historical and architectural interest found in the village is the War Memorial located on the south side of the village at the intersection of the B4077 road.