Cirencester houses [51]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 12 May 2021

Number 60 Gloucester Street, (nearest the camera) is late 17th or early 18th century, gable to the street. Numbers 56 and 58 Gloucester Street are early or mid 18th century. The three houses are built of coursed rubble stone under a continuous stone slate roof. There is a continuous two-storey rear extension to the rear of all three houses. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1187475 for number 60 and at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1298676 for numbers 56 and 58. 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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