Broadway,
Worcestershire is known to some as "The Jewel of the
Cotswolds". It is one of the prettiest of the Cotswold
villages and you only have to visit once to see why it has
the title of The Jewel of the Costwolds.
The
main street (High Street) in Broadway is very wide,
much wider than other Cotswold streets in similar towns and
villages, and lined with ancient honey coloured cotswold stone
buildings dating back to the 16th century. The Cotswold Stone
found in the buildings of Broadway is noticeably richer in
colour than some other areas of the Cotswolds where the stone
can be quite pale in colour.
Broadway
was the inspiration to a number of artists and writers including
Vaughan Williams, Elgar and William Morris.
The
Olive Branch Guest House in the Cotswolds, is a 400 year old
16th Century Grade II Listed building having been built in
1592. From what we know it was originally a Coaching House,
as the town was a staging area on the route from Worcester
and the Midlands to London Town.
Many of the building's original structures are still apparent,
including the original Cotswold stone, the flagstone floor,
the inglenook fireplace, the main structure of the building
and a number of other areas in the house and garden wall.
The Guest House also contains a number of antiques.
