Swan Hotel, Wotton-under-Edge

Image: © Jaggery Taken: 28 Oct 2012

Located in Market Street. The hotel's website records that The Swan Hotel dates from the 17th century. For a long time it was a busy coaching inn. It was from here that horse-drawn coaches ferried travellers to and from Charfield railway station. The Swan was frequented by commercial travellers and others connected with the various mills and factories in the area. Until the mid-18th century, the hotel was joined by a covered bridge at first floor level to a house on the opposite side of Market Street, entering the Swan where the two dummy windows are now (behind the Union Flag in this view). Until well into the 19th century The Swan Hotel, along with The Star and The Crown, were the venues for the Mayor and Aldermen's annual feast. These dignitaries processed along Market Street from the court to enjoy their feast. An advertisement in 1907 called the Swan "one of the best and most comfortable in the district, with passengers met from every train calling at Charfield station on the Midland Railway." In the mid 1970s, the Swan Hotel was extended along Market Street as part of the rebuilding of this side of the street. The scheme won an architectural heritage award.

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