Charles I, The Talbot, Tetbury, and Tetbury Gas Company bronze plaque

This bronze commemorative plaque records: THE TALBOT First mentioned in 1580 as a beerhouse. In 1616 as a drinking haunt and in 1760 as a hotel. During the Civil War Charles I ordered that Tetbury be spared from destruction indicating that the King could possibly have dined within the building. In the 18c the frontage was rebuilt and in the 19c the hotel became a coaching inn. In 1881 the historic meeting of the Tetbury Gas Company was held here. Under the building is a deep well and a large stone cistern which probably supplied the water for beer making. Recorded plaque organisation: Tetbury Civic Society.

King Charles I of England was monarch during the English Civil War, ultimately leading Parliamentarian forces to execute him in 1649, marking a significant rupture in British constitutional history. The Talbot's connection to King Charles I underscores its historical importance as a site that may have hosted the king himself, linking it directly to pivotal events of the Civil War era.