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Fleece Hotel

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After the building was left empty for around nine years, the hotel was purchased by Gloucester City Council in 2011. Later that year, the council announced a £350,000 restoration scheme, with the leader of the city council, Paul James, saying "We want to restore it to bring it back into use and we
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want to do that as quickly as possible." They subsequently undertook waterproofing work in both the salt loft and the kitchen block, with further repair works and partial demolition afterwards. Two years later, plans were revealed for the building to be run as a backpacker's hostel by the
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On 17 September 2019, Gloucester City Council announced that the site would be redeveloped into a boutique hotel in partnership with Dowdeswell Estates
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attack which caused extensive damage, particularly to the roof, which made it unusable until repair work could be carried out.
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The Fleece Hotel was first opened in 1497 as one of the three major inns of Gloucester to house pilgrims visiting the tomb of
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building dating from the 15th century, which incorporated a 12th-century stone
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on 24 January 1952, with other parts of the building made
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"£12m plan to reopen Fleece Hotel and Monk's Retreat bar"


"The Fleece Hotel"
"The Fleece Hotel (Part)"


"Gloucester's Fleece Hotel made weatherproof after repairs"
"Landmark Fleece Hotel in Gloucester revamp plan"
"Part of historic pub could be demolished after suspected arson tore through building"
"Dowdeswell Estates and Gloucester City Council agree deal to redevelop The Fleece Hotel"
"Gloucester's derelict Fleece Hotel to be revamped after 17 years"

The Fleece Hotel, Gloucester

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