Round House is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1960. Teasel drying tower, house. 1 related planning application.
Round House
- WRENN ID
- former-rotunda-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1960
- Type
- Teasel drying tower, house
- Address
- Round House, Frogmarsh, Woodchester, GL5 5ES
- OS grid reference
- SO 840 017
- Coordinates
- 51.71412, -2.23198
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Round House is a former teasel drying tower that has been converted into a small house. It dates from the mid to late 18th century, with a late 20th-century addition. The structure is built of coursed rubble limestone and features a stone slate roof. It is three storeys high and circular in shape, with a two-storey circular addition. There are three small lancet windows positioned at the cardinal points, and a pointed arched doorway at the upper level on the rear, which is now accessed by modern stairs. The lancets were removed where the addition connects but have been reused on that structure. A fixed light has been inserted at a low level on the original tower, and there are some timber casements on the addition. The roofs are conical, with the addition topped by a finial. The interior has not been inspected. This building is an important survival from a time when dry teasels were used to raise the nap of cloth.
Local climate
Round House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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