Hayward House, 6 Swindon Street, Highworth
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Hayward House, 6 Swindon Street, Highworth
Image: © P L Chadwick Taken: 11 Mar 2011
The pink painted building is Hayward House, a Grade II listed building, dating from around the late 17th century/early 18th century. It has been in use as a bed and breakfast since 1983. This may not necessarily continue, as in March 2011 the property was up for sale. It has an interesting history having originally been two houses. For some time up to about 1902, an outbuilding at the back was used as a pub or inn called The Three Cups. Then for about a quarter of a century this was used as a bakehouse. Afterwards, until 1969, the main building was a garage, and for some of the period, the outbuilding was used as a bicycle repair shop. Next the buildings were used to manufacture and sell sculptures. In the mid-1970's it reverted to a private house.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.629609
Longitude
-1.711297