Bowly's Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 1971. Almshouses. 1 related planning application.
Bowly's Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- eastward-quartz-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 July 1971
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Bowly's Almshouses, 5-11, 15-21, Watermoor Road, Cirencester
- OS grid reference
- SP 024 016
- Coordinates
- 51.71351, -1.96572
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bowly's Almshouses, located on Watermoor Road in Cirencester, were built in 1826. This range of eight almshouses is constructed from coursed squared limestone rubble and features an artificial stone slate roof with coped verges and trefoil head stops at the apex. The building has a central gable with kneelers and a two-storey, eight-window facade.
On the first floor, there are eight two-light chamfered stone-mullion windows fitted with 20th-century metal casements. The ground floor mirrors this with eight similar windows and eight 20th-century glazed doors, all set in chamfered stone surrounds with Tudor-arched heads. A full-width verandah on the ground floor has an artificial stone slate roof and glazed panels, supported by square-section timber posts.
There are three small ashlar panels with recessed quatrefoil decoration on the first floor, positioned to the left, right, and in the gable. Above the center of the first floor, an ashlar panel with a moulded stone surround displays incised lettering that reads: "BUILT MDCCCXXVI/ BY CHRISTOPHER BOWLY/ AND ENDOWED BY HIM/ MDCCCXXXVII." Additionally, a Sun Fire Insurance plate is located above this panel. The building features flush quoins at the left and right angles and a decorative wrought-iron weathervane at the apex of the gable. The interiors have not been inspected.
Local climate
Bowly's Almshouses receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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