Cirencester buildings [66]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 12 May 2021

The Salvation Army Temperance Hall, number 10 Thomas Street, has an attached schoolroom to the rear. Built in 1846, on the site of an earlier brewery, it was the first temperance hall in the west of England. In the Gothic style, the hall is constructed of coursed, squared limestone with ashlar dressings and roofed partly with stone slate and partly artificial stone slate. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1206711 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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