Sunhill is
hamlet at the junction of a five-ways crossroads in the
English county of
Gloucestershire.
Overview
Sunhill is located on the ancient
Welsh Way
The Welsh Way was a British Iron Age trade route and track-way that originally carried trade between South Wales and the Oxford area of England across the Cotswold Hills. There is evidence it was utilised and improved by the Roman army follo ...
about a mile northeast of the village of
Poulton and is surrounded by other villages such as the well known
Bibury.
The main hamlet of Sunhill consists of three
Cotswold stone
The Cotswolds (, ) is a region in central-southwest England, along a range of rolling hills that rise from the meadows of the upper Thames to an escarpment above the Severn Valley and Evesham Vale.
The area is defined by the bedrock of Jur ...
houses, and a rendered bungalow. Of the houses, one is a
barn conversion
The conversion of barns involves the conversion of old farming barns to structures of commercial or residential use.
Responsible residential conversion
According to the United States National Park Service, a medium-sized barn with sufficient ext ...
, adapted for living in approximately 1992. Another was much earlier converted from two farm-workers cottages into a single dwelling. The oldest buildings have been in place since the late 19th century. Slightly further afield, several other houses and barn conversions also form part of the hamlet.
Sunhill had a working quarry for many years, but this has been disused for over 40 years, and has now been levelled to return it to agricultural use.
Sunhill has a post box, which replaced a Georgian box built into the wall of a small barn on the corner of the crossroads, before the barn was torn down to allow for better road visibility at the junction.
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Villages in Gloucestershire
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