Hotel · Cirencester
The Corinium Hotel
A family-run hotel in a listed old house on Gloucester Street, Cirencester, with 15 rooms, a walled garden, free parking and dogs in every room.
Dog-friendly · Wedding venues
Every room welcomes dogs, at no charge when you book direct, and the free car park saves paying in town, five minutes' walk away.
- Good: Dogs welcome in every room, free when booked direct
- Good: Free private car park, five minutes' walk from the centre
- Good: Breakfast included; restaurant open for lunch and dinner
- Worth knowing: Steep stairs and low beams, and no lift
- Worth knowing: No American Express
About
The Corinium Hotel at 12 Gloucester Street, Cirencester, is Grade II listed. The hotel says it was built as a wool merchant's house around 1595; Historic England's listing dates the building to the mid or late 17th century, probably as an inn, refronted in the late 18th. David and Julie Sherriff have run it since March 2021, when they took on its lease, and it is five minutes' walk from the town centre.
There are 15 en suite rooms, from singles, twins and compact doubles to character doubles with four-poster or pillar beds, and the hotel's own booking page lists a second-floor family room that sleeps four. Breakfast is included. Dogs are welcome in every room and in the bar and restaurant; the £10 nightly dog charge is waived when you book direct. Children under three stay and eat free, older children sharing with two adults are £15 a night, and cots are available without bedding. It is an old building with oak beams, steep stairs and no lift, though a few rooms are on the ground floor.
The Court Restaurant and Courtyard Bar serve British cooking with some Asian influence, from local suppliers where possible, at lunch and dinner from Monday to Saturday, with a roast on Sundays. There is a walled garden for drinks and meals outside, and the restaurant can be hired with the garden for small weddings and parties.
The free car park is the practical draw: leave the car here and walk into town. It suits dog owners above all, and anyone who wants a character room within reach of the Market Place.
Opening hours and season
Breakfast
| Monday | 07:30 to 09:30 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 07:30 to 09:30 |
| Wednesday | 07:30 to 09:30 |
| Thursday | 07:30 to 09:30 |
| Friday | 07:30 to 09:30 |
| Saturday | 08:30 to 10:00 |
| Sunday | 08:30 to 10:00 |
8.30 to 10am on bank holidays too.
Restaurant
| Monday | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 20:30 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 20:30 |
| Wednesday | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 20:30 |
| Thursday | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 20:30 |
| Friday | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 20:30 |
| Saturday | 12:00 to 14:30, 18:00 to 20:30 |
| Sunday | 12:00 to 16:30 |
Closing times are last orders. Sunday lunch must be booked.
The details
- Food
- Modern British
- Serving
- Breakfast · Lunch · Afternoon tea · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Dietary
- Vegetarian dishes · Vegan dishes · Gluten-free dishes
- Booking a table
- Booking recommended
- Rooms
- 15
- Check-in
- From 2.30pm
- Check-out
- By 10.30am
- Features
- Restaurant · Bar · Garden or terrace · Private dining · Dogs in rooms · Dogs inside · Parking · Wi-Fi
- History
- Grade II listed; mid to late 17th century (Historic England)
- Parking
- Free private car park in the grounds for guests; it cannot be reserved, but there is generally space.
- Without a car
- Five minutes' walk from Cirencester town centre.
Photos
The lounge 
The dining room 
A bedroom 
From the kitchen
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The Cottage 0.1 km away
- Corinium Museum 0.3 km away
- Gilbertine Deli 0.3 km away
- Black Horse 0.4 km away
Sights nearby
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Cirencester Park
Sight · Common or park · Cirencester
The Bathurst family's landscape park on the western edge of Cirencester, planted from 1714 by the first Earl Bathurst with Alexander Pope: 8km of rides and woods along the Broad Ride, with Pope's Seat and Alfred's Hall. Grade I registered; a day pass is needed.
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St John the Baptist, Cirencester
Sight · Church · Cirencester
Cirencester's great wool church on the Market Place, free to visit: a fifteenth-century tower you can climb on set Saturdays, a three-storey porch of about 1490 that served as the town hall, fan vaults, medieval glass and the Boleyn Cup. Grade I.
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Pope's Seat, Cirencester Park
Sight · Historic building · Cirencester
A small stone pavilion of the early eighteenth century at Seven Rides in Cirencester Park, with a Doric portico and POPE'S SEAT cut in its pediment, named after the poet who helped Lord Bathurst lay out the park. Grade II*; a park day pass is needed.