Little Fleece

Little Fleece is a house located on Bisley Street in Painswick, dating from the 16th or 17th century. It was restored in 1942 by Sir George Oatley. The building is constructed from cut squared limestone and has a stone slate roof. It is positioned gable-end to the street, with the entrance on the left side, integrated into the adjoining property known as Old Fleece. There is a 19th-century back wing.

The house has two storeys, an attic, and a cellar, featuring three windows on the front. On both the ground and first floors, there are three 2-light set-back chamfer mullion casements, and a 3-light similar window in the gable, all with individual stopped drips. A 2-light wood casement with bars is set low in the plinth for the basement, and there is a small single light stair window opposite the gable stack. To the left, beyond the principal roof-line, is a 20th-century flush panelled door in a bolection mould surround, also under a stopped drip, which leads to a cross passage with a 4-centred opening at the far end. The central ground floor window appears to have replaced a former door. The gable facing the street and the right side are coped, and there is a large chimney stack.

The back wall features a 2-light casement with a central double mullion, as well as a wide chamfered square opening on the left. The interior includes a stone vaulted cellar, which was not inspected. The right end of the ground floor has a very wide inglenook fireplace with an extremely flat 4-centre arch hollow chamfer lintel set into solid stone cheeks. Above this is a smaller hollow chamfered square opening fireplace, along with another stone cheeked fireplace with a wood bressummer. Various stop-chamfered beams can be found throughout. The roof structure is believed to be the work of Oakley, and the staircase is from the 20th century. Currently, the ground floor is used as a shop by the National Trust.