Things to do · Stow-on-the-Wold
Durham House Antiques
An antiques centre on Sheep Street, Stow-on-the-Wold, where about 30 dealers share four large showrooms of furniture, paintings, silver, glass, jewellery and books, open every day.
Rainy days
The easiest way into Stow's antiques trade: 30 dealers under one roof, open seven days, from Georgian oak to Art Deco and militaria. An hour's browse on a wet day, with nobody expecting you to buy.
- Good: About 30 dealers in four large showrooms
- Good: Open every day, Sundays included
- Good: Shipping arranged in the UK and abroad
- Worth knowing: A shop: free to browse, but there is nothing to see beyond the stock
About
Durham House Antiques is an antiques centre at 48 Sheep Street in Stow-on-the-Wold, one of the antiques towns of the Cotswolds. About 30 dealers share its four large showrooms, and it has been trading for more than 25 years. You can walk round them all in one visit, which is the easiest way to see what Stow's trade has to offer without going from door to door.
The stock covers most periods and prices: country Georgian oak, Regency chinoiserie and Art Deco, period furniture and paintings, antique glass and crystal, silver and ceramics, fine and costume jewellery, antique toys, books and militaria. The dealers are on hand to answer questions, the centre welcomes trade buyers as well as the public, and it ships in the UK and worldwide through its shipping partners.
It opens Monday to Saturday from 10am to 4.30pm and on Sundays from 10.30am to 4pm. There is no charge and no need to book: allow about an hour to see all four showrooms. Stow is quietest on a weekday morning. The centre has no parking. Use the pay car park on Maugersbury Road or the free Fosseway car park, or come on the 801 bus from Moreton-in-Marsh station.
Opening hours and season
| Monday | 10:00 to 16:30 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 10:00 to 16:30 |
| Wednesday | 10:00 to 16:30 |
| Thursday | 10:00 to 16:30 |
| Friday | 10:00 to 16:30 |
| Saturday | 10:00 to 16:30 |
| Sunday | 10:30 to 16:00 |
The details
- Time to allow
- About an hour
- History
- An antiques centre for more than 25 years
- Parking
- No car park of its own: use the pay car park on Maugersbury Road (from £4.40 for two hours in 2026) or the free Fosseway car park (GL54 1BX).
- Without a car
- Pulhams' 801 bus from Moreton-in-Marsh station reaches Stow in about 15 to 20 minutes.
Location
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Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Red Rag Gallery 0.1 km away
- The Sheep on Sheep Street 0.1 km away
- The Old Bakery Tearoom 0.1 km away
- The Kings Arms, Stow 0.1 km away
Sights nearby
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Market cross, Stow-on-the-Wold
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St Edward's Church, Stow-on-the-Wold
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Pineapple Spa, Lower Swell
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The Pineapple Spa is a row of cottages beside the B4068 between Lower Swell and Stow-on-the-Wold that began as a spa over a mineral spring found in 1807, with a front in the Indian style of Sezincote and a stone door hood crowned by a pineapple. Grade II*; private.
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St Mary's Church, Lower Swell
Sight · Church · Stow-on-the-Wold
St Mary's at Lower Swell, a mile west of Stow, is two churches in one: a twelfth-century nave and chancel, now the south aisle and chapel, beside a larger church of 1852. Its Norman doorway has a Tree of Life tympanum and its old chancel arch rare carvings. Grade II*.