Studia – Page 3 – STUDIA PHOTOS

LIVERPOOL 2023 – III

Albert-Salthouse Bridge, Salthouse Quay, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

The Salthouse Bridge is located on Salthouse Quay at the entrance to Salthouse Dock in Liverpool.

The Salthouse Bridge was formerly a set of dock gates and a swing bridge.
The original bridge was a double carriageway balancing cast iron swing bridge built in 1842 over the passage between Salthouse and Canning Docks in Liverpool.

Big Red Things, Atlantic Pavilion, Salthouse Quay, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Exhibition Hall. Merseyside Maritime Museum, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Fire Escape, International Slavery Museum, Royal Albert Dock, Hartley’s Quay, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Gower Street Facade, Britannia Pavilion, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Historical Marker Plate (Jesse Hartley), Britannia Pavilion, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Madre Mexican Restaurant, Anchor Courtyard, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Musicians, Revolution Bar & Restaurant, Atlantic Pavilion, Salthouse Quay, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Newspaper Exhibit, Merseyside Maritime Museum, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Night at Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Planter Barrel, Smuggler’s Cove, Britannia Pavilion, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Rat on a Rope, Merseyside Maritime Museum, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Royal Albert Dock at Night, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Ship’s Bell, Britannic III, Merseyside Maritime Museum, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

The Long Shot, Britannia Pavilion, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

The Wheel of Liverpoool, Keel Wharf, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Turncoat Bar & Distillery, Edward Pavilion, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Window View, Merseyside Maritime Museum, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

LIVERPOOL 2023 – II

Continuing in Liverpool and making use of the tourist buses.

Window of Our Room, Premier Inn, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

The Fab 4 Store, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Old Bollard, Salthouse Dock, Gower Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Tour Buses, Salthouse Dock, Gower Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Salthouse Dock, Gower Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Old Building, Jcn Paradise, Price, Liver Streets & Cleveland Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

“Liverpool Resurgent”, 40 Ranelagh Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Liverpool Resurgent is an artwork by Jacob Epstein, mounted above the main entrance to the former Lewis’s department store building in Ranelagh Street, Liverpool. It comprises a large bronze statue and three relief panels.

The current Lewis’s Building was constructed for Lewis’s in 1947 to replace the building that had been destroyed by bombing in the Second World War.

The main 18 feet (5.5 m) high bronze statue stands on the portico above the entrance. It depicts a naked man standing on a plinth shaped like the prow of a ship projecting from the façade of the building, with left arm stretched out and right arm raised as if calling or signalling. It symbolises Liverpool’s resurgence following the war, but it is nicknamed locally as either “Nobby Lewis” or “Dickie Lewis”.

The work was unveiled on 20 November 1956 to celebrate the centenary of Lewis’s and the completion of its reconstruction works. The statue became known as a meeting place.

Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Oxford Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Catholic Cathedral

Anglican Cathedral, Cathedral Gate, St James Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Residences, Upper Parliament Street, Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Princes Road Synagogue, Princes Road, Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Princes Road Synagogue came into existence when the Jewish community in Liverpool in the late 1860s decided to build a new synagogue, reflecting the status and wealth of the community. The Toxteth area was rapidly expanding as Liverpool’s magnates built opulent mansions. The synagogue stands in a cluster of houses of worship designed to advertise the wealth and status of the local captains of industry, a group that was remarkably ethnically diverse by the standards of Victorian England; immediately adjacent to the synagogue on Princes Road are the Greek Orthodox Church of St Nicholas, the Church of England’s parish of St Margaret of Antioch, and the Welsh Presbyterian Church.

Construction on the synagogue was completed in 1874.

Merseyside Deaf Centre and Social Club, Park Way, Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Merseyside Centre for the Deaf, was initially built as a chapel for the Merseyside deaf community, this once grand gothic structure is in a terrible state.

Street Sign, Penny Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Beatles Graffiti, Penny Lane, Mossley Hill, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Penny Lane, Mossley Hill, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

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Penny Lane by The Beatles – Video Clip

Spire Hospital, Penny Lane, Mossley Hill, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Dovedale Towers, Penny Lane, Mossley Hill, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

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John Lennon & Paul MacCartney played here as The Quarrymen in 1957. Freddie Mercury, (prior to Queen) lived upstairs for a while.

The Penny Lane Wine Bar, Penny Lane, Mossley Hill, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Church of St Barnabas, Cnr Penny Lane & Allerton Road, Mossley Hill, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

The Penny Lane Hotel, Jcn Penny Lane & Smithdown Place, Mossley Hill, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Gates, “Strawberry Field”, Beaconsfield Road, Woolton, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Strawberry Fields by The Beatles – Video Clip

John Lennon’s Childhood Home, Menlove Avenue, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

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Forthlin Road, Allerton, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

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Dingle Tunnel, Grafton Street, Riverside, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Opened 1896 closed 1956

Google Street View

Canning Dock, Salthouse Quay, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Royal Liver Building, The Strand, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Royal Liver Building, Canada Boulevarde, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Opened in 1911, the building was the purpose-built home of the Royal Liver Assurance group, which had been set up in the city in 1850 to provide locals with assistance related to losing a wage-earning relative. One of the first buildings in the world to be built using reinforced concrete, the Royal Liver Building stands at 98.2 m (322 ft) tall to the top of the spires, 103.7 m (340 ft) to the top of the birds and 50.9 m (167 ft) to the main roof.

The Royal Liver Building is one of the most recognisable landmarks in the city of Liverpool with its two fabled Liver Birds, which watch over the city and the sea. Legend has it that if the two birds were to fly away, the city would cease to exist.

George’s Dock Building, Brunswick Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Art Deco style Grade II Listed Building from the 1930s and is the most ambitious of the six buildings built to provide ventilation for the 2.1 mile long road tunnel under the River Mersey.

Liverpool Parish Church (Our Lady and Saint Nicholas), Cnr George’s Dock Gates & Chapel Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Dates from 1811 but a known place of worship back to 1250.

Over the years, as new churches were built, the “Old Church” continued to serve a congregation. Members repeatedly warned officials that the spire was unsafe. On Sunday 11 February 1810, as the bells rang and people were gathering for the morning service, the spire crashed into the nave below, killing 25 people. Twenty-one were under 15 years old, and most were girls from Moorfields Charity School. The original ring of six bells, dating from 1636 to 1724, was destroyed in the disaster.

During World War II, the bells were removed for safety, but they were never rehung. Following a German air raid on 21 December 1940, the main body of the church was destroyed by fire, leaving only the parish rooms, vestries and the 19th century tower. Rebuilding did not begin until March 1949, and the completed church, dedicated to ‘Our Lady and St Nicholas’, was consecrated on 18 October 1952

Century Buildings, Cnr North John & Cook Streets, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Queen Victoria Monument, Derby Square, Lord Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

The foundation stone was laid on 11 October 1902 by Field Marshal Lord Roberts, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces. The monument was unveiled on 27 September 1906. It is a Grade II Listed structure,

Temple Court, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Wellington’s Column, William Brown Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

The foundation stone was laid on 1 May 1861 by the Mayor of Liverpool. There were further delays during construction of the monument due to subsidence. Although it was inaugurated on 16 May 1863 in a ceremony attended by the Mayor and Sir William Brown, it was still not complete. Reliefs depicting Wellington’s victories and the charge at the Battle of Waterloo were still to be added and it was finally completed towards the end of 1865. These delays resulted in its being “a very late example of a column-monument for Britain”

Ornate Lamp, St George’s Hall, William Brown Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Doorway, Victoria Gallery & Museum, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

The Bombed Out Church, St Luke’s, Leece Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Bombed during the Liverpool Blitz of 1941 it has never been rebuilt and stands today as a memorial to those who died in the war.

Red Door (Cocktail Bar), Berry Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

The Wedding House, Great George Street, Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Wall Mural, The Wedding House, Great George Street, Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Night View, Britannia Vaults, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Outside Premier Inn, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Historical Information Plate, Britannia Pavillion, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

LIVERPOOL 2023 – I

We’re leaving Wales and driving to our next stopover, Liverpool in Merseyside and will spend a few days there.

Conwy Bay, Llys Helig Drive, Gogarth, Denbighshire, Wales UK

Wapping Dock, Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Keel Wharf, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Hydraulic Tower, Wapping Dock, Queen’s Wharf, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Wheel of Liverpool, Keel Wharf, Dukes Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Views From Wheel of Liverpool, Duke’s Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

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Kings Parade Bridge, Keel Wharf, Duke’s Dock, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Duke’s Dock, Kings Parade, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Opening in 1773, Duke’s Dock was built privately for the Duke of Bridgewater as a Liverpool-based facility for traffic using the Bridgewater Canal from Manchester.

Holiday Inn, Gower Street, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Pan Am Restaurant & Bar, Britannia Pavilion Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

The Smuggler’s Cove, Britannia Pavilion, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Narrow Boat Moored at Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Old Barge Moored in Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool. Merseyside, England UK

Smugglers Cove Bar, Britannia Pavilion, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Old Warehouse Machinery, Courtyard Britannia Vaults, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Ruben’s, The Colonnades, Britannia Pavilion, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

The Royal Albert Dock is a complex of dock buildings and warehouses in Liverpool, England. Designed by Jesse Hartley and Philip Hardwick, it was officially opened on 30 July 1846 by Prince Albert., and was the first structure in Britain to be built from cast iron, brick and stone, with no structural wood. As a result, it was the first non-combustible warehouse system in the world.

Today the Royal Albert Dock is a major tourist attraction in the city and the most visited multi-use attraction in the United Kingdom, outside London. The docking complex and warehouses also comprise the largest single collection of Grade I listed buildings anywhere in the UK.

The Premier Inn was the last undeveloped space on the dock opening in 2003.

The One O’Clock Gun, Britannia Pavilion, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

The Beatles Story Exhibition, Britannia Vaults, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Old Anchor, Courtyard Brittania Vaults, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Colonnade to The Tate, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Sculpture, The Tate, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Hartley Quay Bridge, The Pier Head, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

‘Liverpool Mountain’, Mermaid’s Corner, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool. Merseyside, England UK

Piermaster’s House, Albert Dock, Kings Parade, Pier Head – Seacombe, Hartley’s Quay, Liverpool. Merseyside, England UK

A Grade II Listed Building constructed for the Piermaster & his family in 1852

Canning Half Tide Dock, Hartley’s Bridge, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Rail Buffers, Hartley’s Quay, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Merseyside Maritime Museum, Hartley’s Quay, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Catering Vehicles, Hartley’s Quay, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

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The Pump House, Hartley’s Quay, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

A Grade II Listed building dates from 1870s. Now an upmarket pub.

HMS Conway Anchor, Hartley’s Quay, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Conway Anchor at Caernarfon, Wales

First launched as the HMS Nile in 1839, it was renamed HMS Conway in 1875. The ship was brought to Bangor in 1941 and then to Plas Newydd, just north of Caernarfon, in 1949. The ship was wrecked in the Menai Strait in 1953, and this, one of 2 anchors, with the other to be seen at the above link at Victoria Dock in Caernarfon.

Internal Passageway, Premier Inn, Britannia Pavilion, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

Our Room, Premier Inn, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England UK

The view from the window is directly down into the dock.

WALES 2023 – III

Still in Caernarfon and wandering around the town and castle walls.

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Through a Rain Spattered Window, Caernarfon Castle, Pen Deitsh, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Pen Deitsh – Castle Ditch

Harbour Offices, Cei Llechi, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Cei Llechi – Slate Quay

Caernarfon from Black Tower, Caernarfon Castle, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Castle Exit, Caernarfon Castle, Pen Deitsh, Carnarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Drinks in Bar Bach, Tyn y Bont, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

The Bar, Bar Bach, Tan y Bont, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Bar Bach, Tafarn Lleiaf Cymru, Tan y Bont, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Tafarn Lleiaf Cymru – The Smallest Pub in Wales

Historic Plaques, Porth Mawr, Stry y Porth Mawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

See Location Here! – plaques can be seen on the left in the tunnel.

Top:

Site of The Exchequer and Chancery of the Principality of North Wales Founded 1284.

Bottom:

This tower was raised twenty eight feet and a half and the clock was improved and filled up with transparent dials in the year of our Lord 1833.
The most Honourable the MARQUESS OF ANGLESEA, MAYOR
WILLIAM ROBERTS ESQ. Deputy Mayor.
DAVID ROWLANDS, GRIFFITH CAVIES – Bailiffs

Former Lloyds Bank Building, Stryd y Porth Mawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

A Grade II Listed Building

11 Stryd y Bont, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

A Grade II Listed Building

Rhydalun House, Stryd y Porth Mawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

A Grade II Listed Building

Street Sign, Stryd Twll yn y Wal, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Stryd Twll yn y Wal – Hole in the Wall Street

Tŷ Dre Town House, Stryd Fawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Our room on the top floor!

Cofeb Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf, Stryd y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf (Llywelyn Our Last Leader) was killed in battle in 1282. His death led directly to the establishment of the bastide town of Caernarfon. Commissioned by Gwynedd County Council to commemorate 700th anniversary of Llywelyn’s death in 1282.

Cofeb Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf – in Memory of Llywelyn Our Last Leader

Stryd Y Jel, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Shirehall Street

Morgan Lloyd, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Sgwâr y Castell – Castle Square

A Grade II Listed Building

Sir Hugh Owen, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Statue, David Lloyd George, SgwÃ¢r y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

In 1890 Lloyd George narrowly won a Parliamentary by-election for Caernarvon Boroughs, the boroughs of Caernarfon, Bangor, Conwy, Criccieth, Nefyn and Pwllheli. He held the seat as a Liberal until two months before his death in 1945. The town’s former Liberal Club is a short distance north of here.

He held key Government posts: President of the Board of Trade (1905-1908); Chancellor of the Exchequer (1908-1915); Minister of Munitions (1915-1916); and Prime Minister (1916-1922).

He was a controversial figure, particularly for his stances on the Boer War, Palestine and Irish independence. Although mostly supporting votes for women, his fluctuating stance made him an enemy of the suffragette movement and his meetings were often disrupted. His personal life was sometimes a source of gossip but he is primarily remembered as the initiator of the welfare state and as Britain’s leader in the First World War.

He died at Llanystumdwy on 26 March 1945 and is buried beside the River Dwyfor. His daughter Megan was Wales’ first female MP. His son Gwilym was Minister for Food and Power in the Second World War and later Home Secretary.

Dedication Plaque, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Wynedd, Wales UK

This stone records the generous deed of a local subject Sir Charles Garden Assheton-Smith Baronet of Vaynol who gave three houses to be demolished in order that some thousands of his countrymen might witness the investiture of The Prince of Wales 13th July 1911. He also gave the ground whereon they stood to The Crown to be forever open to the public and free from building.

See image further down showing the location of the plaque.

Boats on Afon Seiont, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Afon Seiont – Zion River

Pont yr Aber, Afon Seiont, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Windows, Eagle Tower, Castle Walls, Caernarfon Castle, Bryn y Castelll, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Grade II Listed Building, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

This building is on the edge of the square where the David Lloyd George Statue is located

Eagle Tower to Queen’s Tower, Caernarfon Castle, Bryn y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Queen’s Gate, Caernarfon Castle, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Caernarfon Castle, Tan y Bont, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Caernarfon Castle, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Doorway, Maes Glas, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

A Grade II Listed Building

y Castell, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

The Castle Hotel

Building Façade, Paternoster Buildings, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Grade II Listed Building

Castle Square Presbyterian Church, Sgwâr y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Grade II Listed Building built in 1883

Blind Justice, Old Courthouse, Pen Deitsh, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Old Town Walls Entrance, Pen Deitsh, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Bridge to Castle Entrance, Caernarfon Castle, Pen Deitsh, Caernarfon,Gwynedd, Wales UK

Castle Doorway, Caernarfon Castle, Pen Deitsh, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Eagle Tower, Castle Walls, Caernarfon Castle, Bryn y Castelll, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Town Walls, Tan y Bont, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Drinks at Dinner Time, Y Goran (The Crown), Cnr Stryd Fawr & Stryd Y Castell, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

WALES 2023 – II

This post is on the visit to Caernarfon Castle.

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Caernarfon Castle is a medieval fortress in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The first fortification on the site was a motte-and-bailey castle built in the late 11th century, which King Edward I of England began to replace with the current stone structure in 1283 finishing in 1330. The castle and town established by Edward acted as the administrative centre of north Wales, and as a result the defences were built on a grand scale.

Caernarfon Castle is recognised around the world as one of the greatest buildings of the Middle Ages.

This fortress-palace on the banks of the River Seiont is grouped with Edward I’s other castles at Conwy, Beaumaris and Harlech as a World Heritage Site. But for sheer scale and architectural drama Caernarfon stands alone.

Here Edward and his military architect Master James of St George erected a castle, town walls and a quay all at the same time. This gigantic building project eventually took 47 years and cost a staggering £25,000. [£25.5 Million today]

The castle was born out of bitter war with Welsh princes. So of course its immense curtain walls and daunting King’s Gate were designed to withstand assault. But the polygonal towers, eagle statues and multi-coloured masonry sent a more subtle message.

There was a deliberate link with Caernarfon’s Roman past—nearby is the Roman fort of Segontium—and the castle’s walls are reminiscent of the Walls of Constantinople. They also recalled the Welsh myth of Macsen Wledig, who dreamed of a great fort at the mouth of a river – ‘the fairest that man ever saw’.

Although the castle appears mostly complete from the outside, the interior buildings no longer survive and many parts of the structure were never finished. In 1294 the town and castle were sacked and captured by Madog ap Llywelyn during his rebellion against the English, but were recaptured the following year. The castle was unsuccessfully besieged during the Glyndŵr Rising of 1400–1415. When the Tudor dynasty ascended to the English throne in 1485, tensions between the Welsh and English began to diminish and castles were considered less important. As a result, Caernarfon Castle was allowed to fall into a state of disrepair.

Despite its dilapidated condition, during the English Civil War Caernarfon Castle was held by Royalists and besieged three times by Parliamentarian forces. This was the last time the castle was used in war. The castle was neglected until the 19th century when the state funded repairs. The castle was used for the investiture of the Prince of Wales in 1911 and again in 1969. The castle is managed by Cadw, the Welsh Government’s historic environment service. It is part of the World Heritage Site “Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd”.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caernarfon_Castle

Front Entrance, Caernarfon Castle, Castle Ditch, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

WALES 2023 – I

After spending the night in the wonderful Market Town of Hay-on-Wye, our next destination is for a few nights in Caernarfon on the shores of the Menai Strait. The drive through Snowdonia is full of scenery.

Clywedog Reservoir, Llanidloes, Powys, Wales UK

Bridge over Afon Croessor, Llanfrothen, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Riverside Vegetation, Afon Croessor, Llanfrothen, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Roadside Marker, Aberglaslyn Pass, Snowdonia, Gwynedd, Wales UK

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Afon Glaslyn, Aberglaslyn Pass, Snowdonia, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Road, Aberglaslyn Pass, Snowdonia, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Gallt y Wenallt, Snowdonia, Gwynedd, Wales UK

We arrive at Caernarfon and wander about.

Brewer’s Sign, Ind Coope & Allsopp, The Black Boy Inn, Stryd Pedwar a Chwech, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

An old metal plate inside the Black Boy Inn. A brewer dating back to 1740s. In 1935 Samuel Allsopp & Sons merged with Ind Coope Ltd to form Ind Coope and Allsopp Ltd. The Allsopp name was dropped in 1959 and in 1971 Ind Coope was incorporated into Allied Breweries.

Y Bachgen Du (Black Boy Inn), Stryd Pedwar a Chwech, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

One theory suggests that a boy was brought into Caernarfon on a ship, who later became known as ‘Jack Black’ in many local stories, and another suggests that the inn’s name simply refers to a navigational buoy which could be seen in the harbour.

The Black Boy Inn (or just Black Boy) is a hotel and public house in the Royal Town of Caernarfon in Gwynedd, Wales which is thought to date back to 1522, making it one of the oldest surviving inns in North Wales. It is within the medieval walls of Caernarfon, a few hundred yards from Caernarfon Castle.

Prior to 1828, the pub was known as the ‘Black Boy’. Though still referred to by its traditional name, it was officially altered to the ‘King’s Arms’ and, later, the ‘Fleur de Lys’, until a change of ownership led to the restoration of the old name and the creation of the “Black Boy Inn” as it is today. The Inn signs each show a ‘black buoy’ on one side and a ‘black boy’ on the other.

Old Town Walls, Stryd Pedwar a Chwech. Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Caernarfon’s town walls are a medieval defensive structure around the townn North Wales. The walls were constructed between 1283 and 1292 after the foundation of Caernarfon by Edward I, alongside the adjacent castle. The walls are 734 m (2,408 ft) long and include eight towers and two medieval gatehouses. The project was completed using large numbers of labourers brought in from England; the cost of building the walls came to around £3,500, a large sum for the period. The walls were significantly damaged during the rebellion of Madog ap Llywelyn in 1294, and had to be repaired at considerable expense. Political changes in the 16th century reduced the need to maintain such defences around the town. Today the walls form part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site

View to the Castle, Stryd y Plas (Palace Street), Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Sign, The Market Hall, Stryd y Plas (Palace Street), Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

The market building which opens onto Palace Street and Hole in the Wall Street was designed by local architect John Lloyd and built in 1832 as a corn market. The large cellars were used to store wine in Victorian times. The large cellars were a bonded warehouse, where imported goods were stored without customs payments being paid. Duties would be paid when the goods were distributed.

Four Alls, Stryd y Plas (Palace Street), Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Armour Suite, Stryd y Plas (Palace Street), Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

The Palace Vaults, Pen Deitsh (Castle Ditch), Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Masonic Hall & Cyngor Gwynedd (Council), Stryd y Castell (Castle Street), Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Originally an English Methodist Chapel on Castle Street, built in 1877 to replace the 1832 chapel on Pool Street. The chapel is built in the Gothic style of the gable entry type with a tower. By 1995 the chapel builing was in use as a Masonic Hall.

The Crown, Stryd y Farchnad (Market Street), Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Granary Tower, Castle Walls, Pen Deitch (Castle Ditch), Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Castle Entrance, Pen Deitch (Castle Ditch), Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Derelict Tower of Old Town Walls, Lon Yr Eglwys, Penygroes, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Old Library Entrance, Stryd y Castell (Castle Street), Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

The plate to the right of the arch reads:-

Llyfrgell Sirol Gyntaf Cymru
sefydlwyd yma 1918

The First County Library of Wales
founded here 1918

“Cartref”, 23 Stryd y Farchnad (Market Street), Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

This is in use as a guest house.

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HMS Conway Anchor, Victoria Dock, Sowth o Ffrans, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Anchor from the HMS Conway at Victoria Dock, Caernarfon. First launched as the HMS Nile in 1839, it was renamed HMS Conway in 1875. The ship was brought to Bangor in 1941 and then to Plas Newydd, just north of Caernarfon, in 1949. The ship was wrecked in the Menai Strait in 1953, and this, one of 2 anchors, is displayed at Victoria Dock in Caernarfon.

Victoria Dock, Sowth o Ffrans, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales UK

Next up is the castle.

ENGLAND 2023 – IX – The (Last of) Cotswolds (V)

We have had our wonderful stay in The Cotswolds and now head onward….. passing through Cirencester again and on to Wales.

Doorway, Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

War Memorial, Market Place, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Tower, Church of St John the Baptist, Market Place, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Door, Church of St John the Baptist, Market Place, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Stone Cross, Church of St John the Baptist, Market Place, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

The church is a Grade I Listed Building and originates from the 12th century

The Gallery at The Crown, Black Jack Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

10 Black Jack Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Cowley House, 12 Black Jack Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

A Grade II Listed Building

Door, 15 Black Jack Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

12 Park Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

View Along Silver Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Bathurst Estate, Park Lane, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

The Bathurst family originate from Sussex where, in the 13th Century, they owned extensive lands and a castle. The castle was subsequently demolished, but the name lives on in Bathurst Wood, where its ruins can still be discovered.

In 1695, Sir Benjamin Bathurst, a kindly and generous gentleman, purchased the current estate, known then as Oakley Grove. It was a gift for his eldest son, Allen, who became the 1st Earl Bathurst.

It was under his care that Cirencester Park became one of the greatest privately-owned parks of the 18th century and the finest forest landscape in England. It is still amongst the most beautiful in the country today. Having remained in the same family, its main advantage has been continuity.

Since the 1st Earl’s time the Bathurst Estate has been carefully stewarded by many generations. Following the 8th Earl’s death in October 2011, his eldest son Allen succeeded to the title. He presently runs and oversees the estate for future generations, supported by The Countess Bathurst.

The Park sits within the town of Cirencester, screened from it by the tallest yew hedge in the world. This remarkable feature has been much recorded in local and international history, especially when it comes to its annual trim – a job that takes two men two weeks to complete. Clippings have been used to further the research of the use of ‘taxol’ to treat cancer.

See beyond the wall:-

“Dunstall House”, 27 Park Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

17th century, re-fronted in 18th century. Mishearing a suggestion by Earl Bathurst in the 1920s, that the house should be called after the Gumstool Brook which flows at the rear, a tenant called it Dunstall House, which has endured.

8-16 Park Lane, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Grade II Listed Building,which is 5 houses built in the early 1800s

The Old Grammar School Forecourt Wall & Gate, Park Lane, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Former Grammar School, now house. Late mediaeval, 1534-60, 1640s and 1760s with C20 alterations and repairs.

Rear Yard Entrance, Old Police Station & Courts, 2 Park Lane, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

The Old Museum, Tetbury Road, Cirencester. Gloucestershire, England UK

Henry George, the 4th Earl Bathurst (1790-1866), funded the building of Cirencester’s first museum in Tetbury Road. It was built to house the Hunting Dogs and Four Seasons Mosaics found in 1849 in Dyer Street, Cirencester, now on display in the Corinium Museum.

The museum opened in 1856 and received 1740 visitors in the first year. It was staffed by honorary curators and a resident custodian lived in the adjacent lodge. The Earl’s museum soon began to benefit from donations from other local collectors. By the 1930’s, when the Bathurst collection was given to the town, it numbered nearly 3000 objects.

Street Sign, Sheep Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Old Town Station, Sheep Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

That’s it for The Cotswolds and Cirencester. We then travelled to Hay-on-Wye in Wales where we once spent a week back in 2016. We even stayed at the same place and in the same room as back then.

The Butter Market, Market Street, Hay-On-Wye, Powys, Wales UK

Hay Butter Market was erected by a local entrepreneur by the name of William Enoch in 1830. It replaced a very old open market in order to provide a covered market area for the use of local traders and farmers on market days which have always been a Thursday. It is situated right in the centre of town by Hay Castle Square.

The building had been walled up since just after the second World War but was opened up and restored by Hay Warren Trustees in 1985.

The Trustees won a “Prince of Wales Award” for this restoration. It is now used again every Thursday and also by other traders and charity organisations on most Saturdays and holiday weekends.

It is a Grade II Listed Building.

A Wet Street, High Town, Hay-On-Wye, Powys, Wales UK

The Butter Market is on the left.

Clock Tower, Jcn Lion & Broad Streets, Hay-On-Wye, Powys, Wales UK

Built 1884 by J C Haddon of Hereford. It originated in a legacy by Captain Brown for a clock for the church tower. This idea was expanded by the executors to include the town clock, public hall and corn exchange but only the former was built; cost £600.

It is a Grade II Listed Building

The Rose & Crown (Centre) & The Old Electric Shop, Broad Street, Hay-On-Wye, Powys, Wales UK

The Rose & Crown is a 17th century building.

It is a Grade II Listed Building

“Rest For The Tired”, Laneway off Broad Street, Hay-On-Wye, Powys, Wales UK

Heritage Residence, Jcn Broad Street & Belmont Road, Hay-On-Wye, Powys, Wales UK

St Joseph’s Church, Belmont Road, Hay-On-Wye, Powys, Wales UK

Property Entrance, Belmont Road, Hay-On-Wye, Powys, Wales UK

The Blue Boar, Castle Street, Hay-On-Wye, Powys, Wales UK

We had dinner here as we did back in 2016.

Late Georgian architecture (shown on 1847 Tithe map) with 17th century origins to rear.

A Grade II Listed Building

“Radnor House”, Oxford Road, Hay-On-Wye, Powys, Wales UK

A Grade II Listed Building

Heritage Residence and Adjoining Buildings, Church Street, Hay-On-Wye, Powys, Wales UK

Building Attached to Heritage Residence, Church Street, Hay-On-Wye, Powys, Wales UK

Oxford Road, Hay-On-Wye, Powys, Wales UK

“Rounded”, Llys Brewys (Off Church Street), Hay=On-Wye, Powys, Wales UK

The Cheese Market, Market Street, Hay-On-Wye, Powys, Wales UK

The Cheese Market in Hay-on-Wye (Welsh: Marchnad gaws Y Gelli Gandryll), formerly Hay-on-Wye Town Hall, (Welsh: Neuadd y Dref Y Gelli Gandryll), is a municipal building in Market Street, Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales. The structure, which has been restored with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund so that the first floor can be let out for residential use, is a Grade II Listed Building. Built in 1835 and statue on the higher part of the wall is Henry VII.

Hay Castle, Castle Street, Hay-On-Wye, Powys, Wales UK

Probably built by Bernard de Newmarch and once surrounded by a moat. The castle is traditionally thought to have been rebuilt by Maude de St Valerie; was burnt by King John in 1216, rebuilt by Henry III in 1233, burnt by Prince Edward in 1263 and later suffered further damage under Owain Glyndwr. The double pile Castle House was begun by James Boyle ca 1660; divided up after 1702 and in 1844 sold to Sir Joseph Bailey. Major restoration by W D Caroe ca 1910; major fires in 1934 (E half) and 1977 (W half).

A Grade I Listed Building

War Memorial, Jcn Castle Lane and Castle Street, Hay-On-Wye, Powys, Wales UK

The memorial was unveiled in the centre of the Market Square in 1920. After 1945 it was moved to an enclosure set into the boundary wall of the castle grounds, which allowed for additional plaques to be set up commemorating the dead of World War II.

It became a Grade II Listed Building in June 2020.

Kilvert’s Country Hotel, Cnr Bull Ring & Bear Street, Hay-On-Wye, Powys, Wales UK

Grade II Listed Building described as a Late Georgian remodelling of a 17th century structure.

This was where we stayed in Hay-On-Wye.

We stopped for lunch at this lovely country pub on our way from Hay-On-Wye.

Dining, The Brigand’s Inn, Mallwyd, Machynlleth , Powys, Wales UK

This pub is also a Grade II Listed Building

Just a Few Pints

ENGLAND 2023 – VIII – The Cotswolds (IV)

I drove on to another wonderful town in the Cotswolds called Malmesbury. There were just a couple of stops along the way.

Parsons Nose, 30 High Street, Melksham, Wiltshire, England UK

Bricked In, Lowebourne, Melksham, Wiltshire, England UK

Lacock Abbey, Lacock, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK

Pew Hill House, Pew Hill, Chippenham , Wiltshire, England UK

The Old Bell Hotel, Abbey Row, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

Dating to 1220 and originally named The Castle Inn as it was built on the site of Malmesbury Castle.The name was changed in 1798. It served as the guest house of the Abbey located next door. It has a claim to be considered as the oldest hotel in England. The Historic England official ‘listing’ of the hotel as a Grade I building, for example, describes the hotel as having been originally the ‘Abbey Guest House’.

After the Dissolution of the Abbey in 1539 and the departure of the monks the building became an inn offering accommodation to travellers on the road from Bristol to Oxford. The claim that the Old Bell is the oldest hotel in England is based, therefore, on the strong possibility that there was more or less continuous use of the building as a place of hospitality from about 1220 to the present day.

Malmesbury Abbey, Gloucester Street, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

Malmesbury Abbey, at Malmesbury in Wiltshire, England, is a religious house dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul. It was one of the few English houses with a continuous history from the 7th century [c.676] through to the dissolution of the monasteries.

The abbey, which owned 23,000 acres (93 km2) in the twenty parishes that constituted the Malmesbury Hundred, was closed at the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539 by Henry VIII and was sold, with all its lands, to William Stumpe, a rich merchant. He returned the abbey church to the town for continuing use as a parish church, and filled the abbey buildings with up to 20 looms for his cloth-weaving enterprise.

Malmesbury Market Cross, 1A Market Cross, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

The Old Bakehouse, 27 High Street, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

Access to Beer Garden, The Kings Arms, High Street, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

HM Postmaster-General Notice, 41 High Street, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

Inscription:

H.M. POSTMASTER-GENERAL, THE OWNER OF THE LAND IN FRONT OF THIS NOTICE BOUNDED BY METAL STUDS, HAS NOT DEDICATED AND DOES NOT INTEND TO DEDICATE AS A HIGHWAY, THE SAID LAND OR ANY PART THEREOF OR ANY WAY THEREON OR THEREUNDER.

The building where this is affixed was erected in 1902.

Only Here, 41 High Street, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

The Old Library, 44 High Street, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

Freehold currently for sale of Offers over £400,000.

Residences, Jcn High Street & King’s Wall, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

Lotus House, 119 High Street, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

The Rose & Crown, High Street, Burton Hill, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

St John’s Court Almshouse, High Street, Burton Hill, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

St John’s Court, a group of three almshouses, stands on the site of the medieval hospital of St John of Jerusalem. The date of the foundation of the hospital is unknown, but records attest to its existence by the C13. It is reported to have incorporated an existing chapel, the former late-Norman doorway to which remains within the southern wall of the building. The hospital was closed as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and the site is recorded as having been confiscated. It was acquired by clothier John Stumpe, who transferred ownership to the Corporation in 1580, with the liability on them for the maintenance of a school and almshouses at £20 a year.

Left Column Plate Inscription:

In memory of the Malmesbury men who made the supreme sacrifice in the second worl war 1938-1945.

Right Column Plate:-

Names those men.

Dedicated in 1951.

<a href=”https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/24206″><b>Imperial War Museum Reference</b></a>

WW2 Gates, Lower High Street, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

Through to St Johns Court Almshouse.

The Silk Mills, High Street, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

Also known as the Avon Mills (a branch of the Avon River right alongside.). They were built in 1790 originally for wool but also used for corn and are Grade II Listed buildings. They have now been converted to apartments.

St John’s Bridge, River Avon, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

Brazier, King Althelstan’s Mead, Lower High Street, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

Brook, King Althelstan’s Mead, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

Kings Wall Street Sign, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

The Round House, 77 High Street, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

Cottage, 66 High Street, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

A Grade II Listed Building dating from late 17th to early 18th century.

The Old School House, 40 Gloucester Street, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England UK

ENGLAND 2023 – VII – The Cotswolds (III)

Still in the Cotswolds just driving around.

Entrance Gates, Westonbirt School, Bath Road, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England UK

Built in 1853 it became a school in 1928.

“The Street”, Westonbirt, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England UK

Residence, “The Street”, Westonbirt, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England UK

Bridge at By Brook, Germaine’s Lane, Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK

By Brook also known as Bybrook River Is 12 mile long tributary of the Bristol Avon.

While driving around by myself, I stumbled into an absolutely stunning little village. The village boast 91 Listed buildings with several valued in the millions of pounds.

Elm Lodge, The Green, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK

Elm Lodge, The Green is a 5 bedroom freehold detached house – it is ranked as the 2nd most expensive property in the village, with a valuation of £2,439,000.

Duck Pond, Cross Keys Road, Biddestone, Wiltshire, England UK

The White Horse, The Green, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK

The pub is a Grade II listed building dating from the 1700s

Willow House, The Green, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK

A grade II listed building dated 1730.

The Close, The Green, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK

A Grade II Listed Building dating from the 1700s and largely reconstructed in 1924.

Elm Farm House, The Green, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK

A Grade II listed building – Farmhouse, now two houses, late C17 and early C18, much rebuilt c1975.

Street Sign, Church Road, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK

Village Water Pump, Church Road, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK

Church of St Nicholas, St Nicholas Circle, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK

Church. c880 AD, possibly then cathedral, reputed to be on site of a Roman temple, and incorporating much Roman masonry and brickwork. C11, C12, C16, altered 1829-30,1875-6 and 1888-9, restored 1904-5.

Roadside Stone Wall, The Butts, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK

Gatepost, The Old Rectory, The Butts, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK

The carving of the name is still visible in the stonework

Driveway, The Old Rectory, The Butts, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK

Bricked Up Doorways, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK

Cuttle Lane, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK

A Private Lane, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK

Access to:-
The Little House
Paddock House
Meadowside
Greenacre
Stable Cottage
Newstone House

See Street View Here!

Willowbrook, Cnr Harts Lane & The Green, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK

Gable Cottage (L) & Hawthorne Cottage (R), The Green, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK

Both are Grade II Listed Buildings

Twitten Bend, Cross Keys Road, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK

Grade II Listed Building from late 17th / early 18th century.

Laneway, Cross Keys Road, Biddestone, Chippenham, WIltshire, England UK

Heritage Residence, Cross Keys Road, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England UK

Door, Wickham Cottage, Cross Keys Road, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wilstshire, England UK

A Grade II Listed Building early 18th century

Door, The Malthouse, Cross Keys Road, Biddestone, Chippenham, Wilstshire, England UK

A Grade II Listed Building early 18th century that was a malthouse in the 19th century

Local Resident, Lowebourne, Melksham, Wiltshire, England UK

ENGLAND 2023 – VI – The Cotswolds (II)

While in the magnificent Cotswolds, I paid a visit to the old Roman town of Cirencester.

“Llewelyn-Bowen” – Old Police Station & Courts, 2 Park Lane, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is a noted interior designer and British TV personality

Website

Wikipedia

Bishops Walk Arcade, Cricklade Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Church of St. John the Baptist, Market Place, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

The church is a Grade I Listed Building and originates from the 12th century

View to Church of St. John the Baptist, Cotswold Avenue, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Toro Lounge, Cricklade Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

The Wheatsheaf, Cricklade Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Just one of many, many pubs that has closed since COVID!

The Old Post Office, Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestshire, England UK

The Old Museum, Tetbury Road, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Some interesting history of this building.

The Marlborough Arms, Sheep Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

This has been a pub since at least the 1850s and has stories of haunting.

The Mad Hatter Wine Bar, Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

The Crown, West Market Place, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

The Black Horse, Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Thai Emerald Restaurant, Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Somewhere Else Eating & Drinking House, Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Silver Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Seventeen Black Wine Bar, Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Residences, Ashcroft Road, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Private Gate to Abbey House, Gosditch Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Porters Pub & Kitchen, Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Osborne House, Cotswold Avenue, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Old Pedestrian Accessway, Castle Buildings, Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

“Dollar Ward House” – Old Georgian Residence, Gosditch Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Market Place, Cirencester, Gloucestshire, England UK

Laneway, Market Place, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Heritage Building, 38 Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Halifax Bank, Cricklade Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Guard Dogs, The Painted Furniture Company, Gosditch Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Grade II Listed Building, 6 & 8 Gosditch Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Earthwork Remains of Site of Roman Amphitheatre, Cotswold Avenue, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Built in the early 2nd Century, was one of the largest Roman amphitheatres in Britain.

Doorway, Former Capital and Counties Bank, 15 Gosditch Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

Doorway, 8 & 10 Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK

WH Smith & Son, Castle Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England UK