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High Street, SWINDON, SN1 3EP

This property on the corner of High Street and Wood Street has a datestone of 1708 and some part of a building of that date may exist. Otherwise it is early 19th century and is listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1199045 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.

Wood Street is the road leading away to the left in front of the former Wilts and Dorset Bank, now a hairdresser's salon. The Wilts and Dorset was founded in 1835 but was taken over by Lloyds Bank (later Lloyds TSB) in 1914. The building on the right is the former Goddard Arms hotel, recently closed after many years of service, mainly because it was unable to compete with the much more modern chain hotels - Hilton, Holiday Inn, Madison and Travelodge are just some - that have establishments in and around Swindon. Update June 2010: the Goddard Arms recently re-opened as a pub with restaurant and rooms http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1899238 Frith's view http://www.francisfrith.com/swindon,wiltshire/photos/high-street-and-goddard-arms-c1950_s254023/

BANK is inscribed in stone above the doorway of this building on the corner of Wood Street and Cricklade Street.

The ivy covered Goddard Arms public house in Old Town, Swindon.

. . . is The Goddard Arms public house, Listed Grade II. Built c.1800, according to the Listing in diaper brickwork, although this has to be taken on trust in its creeper-covered condition.

Built as a 3-storey house in the late 18th century, Grade II listed in 1951. The entrance on the left is to 8A, the premises of the High Street Club, formerly known as Swindon Town Working Men's Club. The door next to it is number 8, the premises of Appsbroker.

Eastcott House in High Street is offices with apartments above and behind. The offices are used by a firm of solicitiors. 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.

Building in the Classical style viewed from the corner of High Street.

A delightful facade on number 1, Wood Street. 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.