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New Park Street, DEVIZES, SN10 1FE

This disused filling station forecourt is now used as a car wash, and this is a customer's perspective. Across the road, we see new housing that appears to be nearing completion.

This image, taken from the tower of St Mary's Church, Devizes, shows New Park Street, running along the position of one of the town's former medieval castle defences.

A Salem Chapel building dated 1838

Originally built as a school in 1822, this delightful small Literary and Scientific Institute, number 53 Northgate Street, is set back from the street. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1262609 The market town of Devizes developed around its 11th century castle. It gained a charter in 1141 and holds a weekly market in the large and picturesque Market Place. In the 16th century the town became known for its textiles and in the early 18th century held the largest corn market in the West Country. Devizes has about 500 listed buildings - a very large number for a small town.

Most of the pubs in this locality seem to sell what is brewed in this establishment - and mighty fine ales too!

Looking east along New Park Street, past this building which, I think it's fair to assume, was once a pub called the Nag's Head.

The Angel Bingo hall is in the Market Place. The first building beyond is also in the Market Place and those beyond that are in Northgate Street. The bingo hall was a cinema, built in 1912 and enlarged in the late 1920s. It was converted to dual use, bingo and cinema, in the 1970s. The façade is Art Deco.

West Electrical on the right is at 55 Northgate Street. Next door is Crowman Antiques, in premises formerly occupied by Weston’s Tobacconists. Crowman deals in English country furniture, pottery, porcelain, metalware, clocks, books, taxidermy items, unusual artefacts etc. Gaiger http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4217588 is on the left.

Located at 53 Northgate Street, set back from the road. The Wiltshire Council website states that the building dates from 1822, when it was a British School for Girls, serving the Nonconformists of the town. It was closed at short notice in 1893 in the mistaken belief that a school board was about to be formed in Devizes. The children were then accommodated in the town schools or educated in the parish rooms. In 1895 the building was handed over to the borough for a technical school and was sold in 1906.