The Tolsey is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1952. Office, court house. 1 related planning application.
The Tolsey
- WRENN ID
- muffled-rafter-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1952
- Type
- Office, court house
- Address
- The Tolsey, 1, Market Street, Wotton-Under-Edge, GL12 7AE
- OS grid reference
- ST 756 932
- Coordinates
- 51.63794, -2.35396
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tolsey is a building located on Market Street in Wotton-under-Edge, originally serving as a Court House. It dates from the 16th century, with an exterior that was modified in the 18th century. The structure is made of brick and has a stone slate roof. It is a rectangular block situated at an important street corner, featuring a hipped roof topped with a hexagonal painted wood bell turret and a stone stack.
The building has three storeys and three windows, with sash windows that have glazing bars and are set under segmental heads. The ground floor includes two small 19th-century shop fronts with pilasters, one of which has a glazed door with a three-light fanlight above, while the other has an old battened door with strap hinges. The facade facing High Street is similar, with one window featuring two-light sashes with bars and a new plate glass shop front.
Inside, the building retains a stone vaulted cellar in part and has a projecting stone newel stair leading to the basement, with solid oak treads to the upper floors. The interior also features various heavy moulded beams with cavetto and cyma stops, as well as a diagonal 'dragon beam' on the ground floor. The floors are made of broad floorboards, and the roof structure is heavy, with collar and tie beams.
Local climate
The Tolsey receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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