The "Woolgathers", formerly Coxwell Court, is a fine Grade II* listed building, which belonged to several generations of the Hoare family, a dynasty of wealthy woolstaplers. Parts of the building date to the early 17th century. The ground-floor windows were replaced in 1710 by sashes with small square panels and thick glazing-bars.
To the left, the counting-house has its own separate flight of steps. Around the corner, in Thomas street, is the imposing four-storey warehouse, where the cloth was stored.
This splendid building stands as a symbol of the prosperity of the wool industry in 16th and 17th centuries. The most prominent of all the wealthy 16th-century clothiers, John Coxwell had his townhouse here in Abbot Street, later renamed Coxwell Street, possibly on this same site.
The little gabled terrace opposite represent traditional Cotwold weavers' cottages.
British Listed Buildings - Woolgathers and Attached Warehouse, Cirencester
Naturally there is a ghost: The Woolgathers ghost