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Brewery Street, SWINDON, SN6 7AJ

Built as a British School in 1849, the building is now a pre-school nursery.

This school was built in 1849 as a British School. These were schools which were built from 1810 onwards by a non-denominational organisation called the British & Foreign Schools Society. They taught using the works of Joseph Lancaster, a Quaker teacher. The schools used the monitorial system, whereby the older children, under the supervision of paid staff, taught the younger ones. By 1851 there were about 1,500 British Schools, compare to 17,000 National Schools. Today the building is still in educational use, but by the Vorda Pre-School, for very young children. Image

The British Schools were far less numerous than the National Schools, and many of the buildings they used have disappeared, but this one in Brewery Street Highworth has survived. The date stone says:- "British School Erected 1849". Image

This large modern supermarket, opened a few years ago, replaced the much smaller store on the corner of Swindon Street and High Street. The new store is the only supermarket in Highworth, apart from a small Tesco Express in Newburgh Place. The location of the former Co-op store:- Image

Number 8 Blandford Alley is a late 18th century thatched cottage and described as 'an interesting survival of burgage plot development'. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1300055

One wing of Stonecroft is 18th century but possibly earlier, the other wing early 19th century. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1023338

This is a bit of an eyesore. There has been talk of screening it off, but nothing has happened so far.

Highworth library is housed in a modern (2003) building which is also home to a large supermarket.

The Stables is currently home to a firm of printers.