Cirencester buildings [37]
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Cirencester buildings [37]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 12 May 2021
The Twelve Bells public house, number 12 Lewis Lane, is early or mid 18th century. Built of coursed rubble stone with ashlar dressings with a stone slate roof. There is an attached range of outbuildings with 19th and 20th century alterations and additions. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1206184 Cirencester, the largest town in the Cotswolds, is a market town some 15 miles south east of Gloucester and some 13 miles north west of Swindon. The town lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames and is the hub of a network of roads. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural University, founded in 1840. An important Roman settlement known as Corinium, the town, with 240 acres enclosed by walls was second only to London in size.
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