Old Town buildings [11]
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Old Town buildings [11]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 16 Feb 2019
This wonderfully over-the-top hotel was built in the 1870s in the Gothic Revival style. Now described as a 'restaurant with rooms', the building is listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1199778 Old Town, on its hill above the 'new' railway town, is the cultural heart of Swindon. The old and the new combined into a single town in 1900.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.552424
Longitude
-1.775823