Weavers Hall

CIRENCESTER

SP0202 THOMAS STREET 578-1/4/307 (North side) 14/06/48 Nos.4 AND 6 Weavers Hall

GV II*

Also known as: St Thomas's Hospital. Almshouse. Late C15; founded by Sir William Nottingham before 1483. Coursed limestone rubble; stone slate roof with coped verges; stone right-end stack enlarged in brick, brick left-end stack. Through-passage plan, now one house to each side. 2 storey 4-window range. First floor has 4 small fixed light and casement windows with splayed reveals; ground floor has 3 similar windows and one 2-light chamfered stone mullion-and- transom window with leaded upper lights to right; central boarded studded door with iron strap hinges in chamfered reveal with Tudor arched head; draped figure over door, defaced. Shallow plinth; rudimentary quoins to left and right angles. INTERIOR of through passage only inspected; similar door to far end, passage formed by plank and muntin screen to each side, chamfered beam. Plaque records house to left altered 1986 by Eric Cole and Partners. Also known as St Thomas's Hospital, after which Thomas Street re-named, founded by Sir William Nottingham, Attorney-General to Edward IV, who in his will of 1483 left land in trust for 4 poor men living here. Baptist services said to have been held here later; John Wesley preached here 1787. Said to be oldest domestic building in Cirencester, continuously occupied since foundation. (The Buildings of England: Verey D: Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds: London: 1970-: P.178; Welsford J: Cirencester: A History and Guide: Gloucester: 1987-: P.57; Plate attached to building).

Listing NGR: SP0212102295