The village has several interesting buildings including the former home of the Canning family, Hartpury House, now part of the college.

The village hall was built in 2013 and won a design award from the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE).

[5] Built development in Hartpury mainly fronts the A417 highway and the roads that join it with some more recent consolidation around small newer schemes.

Hartpury has experienced steady growth, with the majority of the housing being post 1950s, comprising mainly detached two-storey red brick dwellings.

[6] There remain some older cottages dotted around the settlement and the village is adjoined by fields, orchards and open areas.