Cirencester houses [63]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 12 May 2021

Numbers 98 and 100 Gloucester Street are two late 17th century cottages. Built of coursed rubble stone under a slate roof. There is a 19th century shop window on the left (Number 100). The ground storey windows and doors exposed timber lintels. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1187484 Cirencester, the largest town in the Cotswolds, is a market town some 15 miles southeast of Gloucester and some 13 miles northwest 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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