Fritham leaflet

Fritham

This leaflet explains what a conservation area is and how it may affect you. It shows the boundary of one of the 33 conservation areas and points out some of the features which make it special.

In the heart of the Forest a narrow hedged lane, lined with small brick dwellings and farms, branches off the beaten track and crosses two steep valleys. Hidden by trees, this compact group of fields, which stands out so clearly on early Ordnance Survey maps, is all that remains of an agricultural settlement that has a recorded history of over a thousand years. Fritham is a village with a strong commoning tradition that has now lost all of its local services except for the pub. Although only Fritham Lodge is listed as being of special architectural or historic interest, the many small buildings form an important part of the special rural character of this traditional settlement. However the modern houses, particularly those in the central area, create a jarring note in an area of otherwise mainly Victorian buildings.