Weavers Hall

Weavers Hall, also known as St Thomas's Hospital, is an almshouse located on Thomas Street in Cirencester. It dates back to the late 15th century and was founded by Sir William Nottingham before 1483. The building is constructed from coursed limestone rubble and features a stone slate roof with coped verges. There are enlarged brick stacks at both ends of the building.

The structure has a through-passage plan, now divided into two houses. It is two stories tall with a four-window range. The first floor contains four small fixed light and casement windows with splayed reveals, while the ground floor has three similar windows and a two-light chamfered stone mullion-and-transom window with leaded upper lights on the right. The central entrance features a boarded studded door with iron strap hinges set in a chamfered reveal with a Tudor arched head, above which is a defaced draped figure. The building has a shallow plinth and rudimentary quoins at the left and right angles.

The interior of the through passage has been inspected, revealing a similar door at the far end, with the passage formed by plank and muntin screens on each side and a chamfered beam. A plaque notes that the house to the left was altered in 1986 by Eric Cole and Partners.

Weavers Hall is significant as it was founded by Sir William Nottingham, who left land in trust for four poor men to live there in his will of 1483. It is also noted that Baptist services were held here later, and John Wesley preached in the building in 1787. It is considered the oldest domestic building in Cirencester and has been continuously occupied since its foundation.