Newburn Centre, Dean Street, Swindon
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Newburn Centre, Dean Street, Swindon by Brian Robert Marshall as part of the Geograph project.
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Newburn Centre, Dean Street, Swindon
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall Taken: 10 Jan 2009
The title refers to the typical 1960s building at the left. It was built by the then British Rail Engineering Ltd ('BREL') company who were the British Rail subsidiary operating the original Great Western Railway ('GWR') railway factory nearby. The original purpose of the building was an apprentices' training school. That use became redundant some time before 1986 when the works closed for good after nearly 150 years as the engineering heart of the GWR. It is now owned by GWE Business West Workspace, part of GWE Business West Ltd and has been converted into a multi-occupied office complex. Behind this building once stood a substantial house called 'Newburn' which was once occupied by one of the key figures in the history of the GWR, G J Churchward. He was killed on the line not far from here, probably on the section of line seen here http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1114251 Update March 2014: the building was demolished sometime after 2009. The future of the site remains uncertain.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.557865
Longitude
-1.801327