Private House, Cirencester, Gloucestershire

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Location
(51°43′0″N, 1°58′20″W)
Site Location
Private House, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
National Grid Reference
SP 02 02
Boundaries
Diocese
medieval Worcester now Gloucester
Type of building/monument
Report authors
  • John Wand
Visit Date
30 March 2017

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Description

Cirencester is a market town in E Gloucestershire. One of the private houses dating back to the 16thc retains a fragment from a demolished 12thc abbey church.

History

The town had a Saxon minster church which was given over to Augustinian canons by Henry I in 1117, and replaced by the abbey church. The abbey was dedicated in 1176 and demolished on the orders of Henry VIII in 1539 and its masonry and sculpture dispersed.

Features

Loose Sculpture

Comments/Opinions

The central slot of the fragment may have been recut.