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Querns Road, CIRENCESTER, GL7 1RP

Former Hope Inn Cirencester Historical information links http://pubshistory.com/Gloucestershire/Cirencester/index.shtml http://www.gloucestershirepubs.co.uk/FeatureFiller/index.php

This building used to be the Hope Inn.

A former pub in the town of Cirencester, in Gloucestershire. The name of the pub, the Hope Inn, is still partly visible on the wall of the building.

Now home to a saddlery, this 19th century building was formerly the Hope Inn. Built to serve the workers at the adjacent Thames & Severn Canal basin, the business finally closed in 1975. Constructed of coursed rubble stone under a slate roof with a flat roofed 20th century extension in reconstituted stone. 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.

A former inn.

Originally six almshouses, now three, numbers 7, 9 and 11 Querns Lane were built in the late 18th or early 19th century. Constructed of coursed squared limestone to the front and coursed squared rubble stone to the sides and rear, with a stone slate roof. There are 20th century rear extensions. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1206533 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.