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Fairwater Court, SWINDON, SN4 9DE

A fine dragonfly sculpture in the pond. The large village of Wroughton lies 2 miles south of Swindon at the foot of the Marlborough Downs escarpment. Two headstreams of the River Ray flow from the downs and meet in the village to run north as Wroughton Stream. There is much evidence of settlement and intensive farming of the area in the Roman period. Originally an agricultural village, most workers now commute into Swindon.

Featuring a metal dragonfly sculpture.

The east front of Fairwater House. Fairwater House, built circa 1700, was the centre of a racehorse training and stabling establishment. The name Fairwater was adopted after a horse with that name won the Ascot Gold Vase. There is another view at Image Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1355920 The large village of Wroughton lies 2 miles south of Swindon at the foot of the Marlborough Downs escarpment. Two headstreams of the River Ray flow from the downs and meet in the village to run north as Wroughton Stream. There is much evidence of settlement and intensive farming of the area in the Roman period. Originally an agricultural village, most workers now commute into Swindon.

The pond is immediately east of the early 19th century 'Fairwater House' Image The sculpture was constructed by the senior groundsman of Wroughton Parish Council in early 2014. Sadly, it gets vandalized from time to time.

Early 19th century Grade II Listed building. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-318622-fairwater-house-wroughton-

Fairwater House, built circa 1700, was the centre of a racehorse training and stabling establishment. The name Fairwater was adopted after a horse with that name won the Ascot Gold Vase. There is another view at Image Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1355920 The large village of Wroughton lies 2 miles south of Swindon at the foot of the Marlborough Downs escarpment. Two headstreams of the River Ray flow from the downs and meet in the village to run north as Wroughton Stream. There is much evidence of settlement and intensive farming of the area in the Roman period. Originally an agricultural village, most workers now commute into Swindon.

Some colourful artwork in the small riverside park in the centre of the village.

Ely Court is a development of flats on the site of the former "Wroughton" public house which was previously the Whitbread, and before that West Country Brewery, Stroud, public house "The Ely". The name is pronounced "EELIGH" not as the Cambridgeshire city and referred to a famous racehorse trained in the village in the 1830s and 40s. The flats used the paddocks behind the pub, whilst the pub building itself is substantially the same as it was but converted to accommodation. The Public Bar was on the right and the lounge on the left. My local in the late 60s and 70s.

This church hall in Prior's Hill belongs to the church of St John the Baptist and St Helen. The church is located on the edge of the village at the top of Church Hill. The large village of Wroughton lies 2 miles south of Swindon at the foot of the Marlborough Downs escarpment. Two headstreams of the River Ray flow from the downs and meet in the village to run north as Wroughton Stream. There is much evidence of settlement and intensive farming of the area in the Roman period. Originally an agricultural village, most workers now commute into Swindon.

This is Ordnance Survey flush bracket number 10061 http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm2586 dating from the days before the second world war when the entire mainland of Britain was comprehensively surveyed and mapped. Even though these flush brackets are now largely if not completely redundant, their legacy lives on in the OSGB36 map reference system still in use to this day. The building to which it is attached can be seen here Image