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Trinity Road, CIRENCESTER, GL7 1ZE

Watermoor Church, designed by George Gilbert Scott and completed in 1851/2. This area formerly contained both of Cirencester's railway stations as well as most of its commercial activity

Bowly's Almshouses on Watermoor Road was built in 1826. A stone table on the front of the building reads 'BUILT MDCCCXXVI BY CHRISTOPHER BOWLY AND ENDOWED BY HIM MDCCCXXXVII'

The inscription reads: 'BUILT MDCCCXXVI BY CHRISTOPHER BOWLY AND ENDOWED BY HIM MDCCCXXXVII'

Church of Holy Trinity on Watermoor Road in Cirencester. The church which is Grade II* listed was built in 1847-51.

Built "in c.1825-27 for Joseph Randolph Mullings, an eminent solicitor who became a Member of Parliament for Cirencester from 1848 to 1859" (http://www.cotswold.gov.uk/media/documents/Heritage/Conservation%20and%20Design/Conservation%20Areas/Cirencester/CA4/DraftCA4Section3_0to3_3_40-46.pdf ), and the first building on what had formerly been common land. Watermoor House is now a residential home for older people. This view is from St Michael's Park.

Watermoor House was built in 1827 and designed by William Jay for Joseph Mullings. The house is Grade II listed, see: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1025097 Today the house is a residential care home.

The church of the Holy Trinity was built in 1851 and was altered in 1878. Designed in a Gothic Revival style by Sir George Gilbert Scott, the church is listed, grade II*, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1025128 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.

The buttresses of the tower. They are massive and the design thereof is due to the high water table. The church of the Holy Trinity was built in 1851 and was altered in 1878. Designed in a Gothic Revival style by Sir George Gilbert Scott, the church is listed, grade II*, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1025128 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.

The tower and spire. The church of the Holy Trinity was built in 1851 and was altered in 1878. Designed in a Gothic Revival style by Sir George Gilbert Scott, the church is listed, grade II*, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1025128 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.