Tytherington was designated as a conservation area on 30th July 1975.
A copy of the full statutory conservation area leaflet and maps - the result of a public consultation process, can now be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat pdf format.
Setting
Tytherington is situated two miles south-east of Thornbury at the foot of Stowell Hill, which forms part of the dramatic limestone escarpment of the Hallen-Wickwar ridge. The village lies at the junction of five roads and a tributary of the Ladden Brook passes through the south-east side of the village.
Tytherington is widely known for its quarries of limestone. The industry brought prosperity to the village and early quarrying activity for building stone is clearly evident with a number of disused quarries within the village. The demand for stone increased considerably during the 1870s as farming was beginning to decline and quarrying sustained the economy well until recent times. Today, although the building stone is no longer produced, the large-scale operation at Grovesend Quarry just outside Tytherington produces limestone for aggregates.
Character
The location of Tytherington at the base of the impressive escarpment provides Tytherington with an impressive backdrop of wooden slopes to the north whilst vistas of open fields to the south place the village within its rural setting.
The settlement of the village takes its form from the radial roads, its centre being at the confluence of these roads with the church and in forming dominant structures at this point. Development becomes more dispersed along the routes out of the village with individual cottages and houses spaced out within their individual plots, the more recent buildings interspersed amongst the older stone-built houses and cottages.
The church is a large, imposing building well sited within its garden and a with a backdrop of mature trees on the woodland escarpment behind. Baden Hill Road is a quiet leafy lane flanked by trees and the well-preserved stone walls of the churchyard with their well-designed modern memorial gates. This lane opens out to an overgrown quarry and high land on one side which drops away to cottages and glimpses of open countryside beyond. Boyts Farm, set in a walled garden, is further along the lane whilst glimpses of the grange can be seen through the trees nearer to the main road. This area is detached from the rest of the village and has a secluded, quiet atmosphere.
The somewhat isolated malting buildings can be reached along Duck Street. These are surprisingly large structures built of the typical brown Tytherington stone. The stream running beside the road at this point adds movement and sound to this part of the conservation area.
Tytherington has had a varied economic history which is reflected in its diversity of buildings. The village retains much of its rural character enhanced by its setting of wooded slopes and vistas across the open countryside.