Cirencester houses [72]
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Cirencester houses [72]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 12 May 2021
Numbers 175 and 177 Gloucester Street are a pair of houses built in the late 17th or early 18th century. Constructed of coursed rubble stone under a Welsh slate roof. The (probably 18th century) door to the left gives access to a through passage and the entrance to No.175 is off this passage. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1206138 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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51.72212
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