Abbey Wall

Abbey Wall is a medieval wall located on the northeast side of Gosditch Street in Cirencester, with later repairs and rebuilding. It is constructed of coursed squared limestone and coursed squared limestone rubble, topped with ashlar coping. The wall is approximately 2 meters high at the south end, rising in two stages to about 3.5 meters at the north end, featuring deep weathered coping. The angles where the wall changes direction have flush quoins.

At the south end, there is a section of the wall approximately 2 meters high, with a pier that appears to have been rebuilt in the 20th century. This section includes a 19th-century stone panel displaying a coat of arms with a lion on a shield and the motto "VIRTUTE ET INGENIO," which is set on the coping. Near the north end, there is a probable former carriage entrance that has been infilled, featuring a 20th-century iron pedestrian gate with a 20th-century moulded stone architrave, a frieze with incised lettering reading "ABBEY HOUSE," and a moulded stone cornice. The north end of the wall adjoins a section belonging to No. 2 Dollar Street.