Gloucestershire All photos by Hetty
22nd August 2017
The Stroud U3A photography group had a guided tour by Gloucester Civic Trust
St Michael’s tower, built in 1465 at The Cross, no longer has a church (the old and new churches were both demolished)
The market cross used to stand here – it was demolished in 1751
Southgate Street
Baker’s clock was built in 1904 and has the figures (L to R) – An Irishwoman, John Bull, Old Father Time, a Scotsman and a Welshwoman.
Robert Raikes House
St Mary De Crypt Church
Part of the storytellers bench
Eastgate Street has several Victorian buildings
Eastgate market portico, built in 1856 was retained when Eastgate shopping centre was built in 1973
Northgate St
The New Inn was built in the early 15th century on the site of an earlier inn
The hooks are where the meat used to hang in the days before fridges
The side of The New Inn
Westgate St
A Georgian front on an Elizabethan building
There is an alleyway where you can see the side of the Elizabethan building
Of the three top windows on the white Georgian building, only the centre one is real – the others are painted on
Beatrix Potter drew this shop and doorway in her book The Tailor of Gloucester
Shire Hall had the same architect as the British Museum in London
The spire on St Nicholas’ church was once twice the height it is now
Longsmith St
Bearland House,
The pediment on this house, was once on the house further up the road
Ladybellegate House was built c.1704. The pediment used to be here, but was sold
Gloucester Museum
We saw a few pigs on the Henson Pig Trail
There is a lot of work going on at Gloucester Cathedral
