Cirencester buildings [53]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 12 May 2021

Number 8 Gloucester Street is the former White Lion public house which closed circa 2011 and is now domestic accommodation. Built in the late 17th or early 18th century with an early 19th century wing with later alterations. Constructed of coursed squared limestone to the main range, coursed rubble stone to the wing, all under a concrete tile roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1205971 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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