Southgate Street is one of the ancient streets in the

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, so named because its southern end was originally the location of the south gate in the city's walls. The part beyond the gate as far as Severn Street was sometimes known as Lower Southgate Street. It runs from the crossroads of Northgate,

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, Southgate, and

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Streets in the north (The Cross) to

Bristol Road Bristol Road in the City of Gloucester dates from the medieval period. It runs between Southgate Street in the north and Quedgeley in the south where it joins the Bath Road and the A38 road, A38. It contains a number of listed buildings and oth ...

in the south.

History

The street dates from at least 1500 when the southern gate in the city's defences was approximately where

Commercial Road Commercial Road is a street in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the East End of London. It is long, running from Gardiner's Corner (previously the site of Gardiners department store, and now Aldgate East Underground station), through ...

meets Southgate Street today.

Listed buildings and structures

Listed buildings and structures in Southgate Street, north to south, are:

East side

* St Michael's Tower * 5 Southgate Street * 9 and 9A Southgate Street * 27 Southgate Street * 29 and 31 Southgate Street * Former St Mary de Crypt School * St Mary de Crypt Church * 35 Southgate Street * Copner House * 53 Southgate Street * 55 and 57 Southgate Street * 59 Southgate Street * 61 Southgate Street * Albion House, formerly the Albion Hotel, designed by

Thomas Fulljames Thomas Fulljames FRIBA (4 March 1808 – 24 April 1874) was an architect active in Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the ...

. * K6 Telephone kiosk * The Whitesmith's Arms * 83 and 85 Southgate Street * 105 Southgate Street * 107 Southgate Street * 109 Southgate Street * 111 Southgate Street * 113 and 115 Southgate Street * 117 and 119 Southgate Street * 2 Spa Road (on the corner with Southgate Street) * Spalite Hotel * 123-131 Southgate Street * 133 and 135 Southgate Street * 137 Southgate Street * 139 and 141 Southgate Street * 143-151 Southgate Street * 155 and 157 Southgate Street

West side

* 12 and 14 Southgate Street * 16 and 18 Southgate Street * 24, 24A and 26 Southgate Street * 28 Southgate Street * Robert Raikes' House * 40 Southgate Street * 42 Southgate Street * New County Hotel * Black Swan Hotel * 1 Commercial Road * 74 Southgate Street * 76 Southgate Street * 78 Southgate Street * Weighbridge House *

The Tall Ships Public House The Tall Ship is a Grade II listed building at 134 Southgate Street, Gloucester. It is located at the entrance to Gloucester Docks. It became a listed building on 15 December 1998. History The building was purpose built as a pub in the mid to ...

* 140 and 142 Southgate Street * 172 Southgate Street * 182 and 184 Southgate Street

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