Tewkesbury buildings [149]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 18 May 2021

Number 125 High Street is a 16th or 17th century building, refronted in the mid 19th century. The front is rendered brick, the rest timber framed, all under a tile roof. There is a lower 19th century rear extension. The very fine shopfront is mid 19th century. The former through passage on the right now leads only to the adjacent building number 126. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1201267 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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