Arlington Row at Arlington in the parish of Bibury, Gloucestershire, England was built in the late 14th century as a wool store and converted into weavers houses in the late 17th century. It is a Grade I listed building, owned by the National Trust.
Arlington Row on Awkward Hill is a nationally notable architectural conservation area depicted on the inside cover of all United Kingdom passports. It is a popular visitor attraction, probably one of the most photographed Cotswold scenes.
The cottages were built in 1380 as a monastic wool store.[1] This was converted into a row of cottages for weavers in the late 17th century, with some late 17th- or early 18th-century additions.[2]
The cloth produced there was hung out on racks to dry on The Rack Isle opposite, before being sent on to Arlington Mill for degreasing.[3]
It was preserved by the Royal Society of Arts in 1929 and restored by the National Trust in the 1970s.[2]
It has been used as a film and television location, most notably for the films Stardust[4] and Bridget Jones's Diary.[5][6][7]
In 2017 the BBC reported that an "ugly" car parked by an elderly motorist had been vandalised, possibly by visitors who had repeatedly complained that it spoilt photographs.[8]
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