Hyatt House, or Hyett House, is a grade II listed building at 91 Westgate Street in the

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city of

Gloucester Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west, east of Monmouth and east ...

. The building is of a timber frame with stone and was probably constructed in the 16th century. According to a plaque on the building, an earlier dwelling stood on the site at least as early as 1455. The current façade was probably constructed by

Nicholas Hyett Nicholas Hyett (1709-1777) was a lawyer and justice of the peace in Gloucester, England, and one of the last keepers and constables of the Castle of Gloucester. Life Nicholas Hyett was born in 1709 to Charles Hyett (1677

(1709–1777),"Two Eighteenth-Century Gloucester Gardens"
by M. E. Richards, '' Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society'', 1981, Vol. 99, pp. 123–126. a local lawyer and

justice of the peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...

. In 1988 the building was converted to flats by Avondown Housing Association and Gloucester City Council.Hyett House.
Gloucester Civic Trust. Retrieved 5 August 2015.

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* Grade II listed buildings in Gloucestershire Westgate, Gloucester Hyett family {{UK-struct-stub