Gloucester houses [2]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 1 Jun 2020

Number 20 London Road (right) is a town house built circa 1815, now used as a hairdressers. The house has a fine decorative wrought-iron porch. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1271701 Number 22 London Road, (left) is a town house built circa 1815, now used as a restaurant and take-away. The entrance is set back in a narrow bay to the left of the bow front with a fine decorative wrought-iron porch. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1271702 The cathedral city and county town of Gloucestershire, Gloucester lies on the River Severn and is linked via the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal to the river’s estuary. Founded by the Romans in AD 97, the city gained its first charter in 1155. In the Middle Ages there were a large number of monastic establishments including St Peter's Abbey founded in 679 - later Gloucester Cathedral. Until the construction of the Severn Bridge in 1966, Gloucester was the lowest road bridging point on the River Severn. The city has a long association with the aerospace business, including the Gloster Aircraft Company.

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