Tewkesbury buildings [148]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 18 May 2021

Auriol House, number 124 High Street, is dated 1606 but was rebuilt and extended circa 1845. The front, in Domestic Tudor style, is rendered brick, the rest is brick with stone dressings. The front has a canted bay to the first floor with a canted doorway below. There is a long rear wing, access to which is through the 16th century doorway to the right. The doorway leads to a through passage and courtyard with a gabled porch to the 3-storey rear wing on 3 floors. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1025009 The market town of Tewkesbury is sited at the confluence of the River Severn and the River Avon, some 9 miles north of Gloucester, close to the border with Worcestershire. Founded in Saxon times, the town thrived and there are many medieval and Tudor buildings including Tewkesbury Abbey, bought by the townspeople to use as their parish church. One of the decisive battles of the Wars of the Roses was the Battle of Tewkesbury, which took place on 4 May 1471.

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