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Violet Court, ANDOVER, SP11 9FH

The Prince of Wales was built in 1867 and was a hotel until it closed in the 1960s. It then became E.E. Roys Furniture shop until the late 1980s when it became a block of flats. As can be seen here the Prince is undergoing repairs. Other views can be seen here http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/820800 and here http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/820785

View eastward, towards Andover Junction - with a possible remnant of the station on the right side of the tracks. This is near the end of the Midland & South Western Joint (MSWJ) line from Cheltenham via Swindon Town and Marlborough to Andover Junction, closed 11/9/61. Behind the camera the tracks run into the large MoD Depot - see Image

Formerly the Prince of Wales Hotel.

The Prince of Wales was built in 1867 and was a hotel until it closed in the 1960s. It then became E.E. Roys Furniture shop until the late 1980s when it became a block of flats.

The Prince of Wales was built in 1867 and was a hotel until it closed in the 1960s. It then became E.E. Roys Furniture shop until the late 1980s when it became a block of flats.

The Prince of Wales House was the old Railway Inn when Ludgershall still had a passenger railway service, it has now been converted into flats.

This small path behind the former Prince of Wales Hotel leads to the Ludgershall Masons Hall. Note the Masonic symbols on the gate.

The Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway opened their line between Grafton and Andover, including the station here at Ludgershall, in 1882. Two years later the railway was absorbed into a new company called the Midland & South Western Junction Railway which ran trains from Andover to Cheltenham via Swindon. The station, which was quite extensive in area, closed for passenger traffic in 1961 along with the rest of the line, and the station buildings were subsequently demolished. However the tracks remain in place for the Army to transfer military goods to and from their depot in Ludgershall, giving access to Salisbury Plain. Here the station platforms are still in situ although very overgrown. The timetable for 1953 showed 4 northbound trains a day to Swindon, 3 of which went on to Cheltenham, and 5 southbound trains a day to Andover.

Please see Chris Talbot's Image for a full history of the hotel which was converted into flats some years ago. Since Chris took his image the scaffolding has been removed. The road in front is the A342 Andover Road, although older maps refer to it as Winchester Street.

Opened in 1882 on the Midland & South Western Junction Railway's line from Swindon to Andover Junction, this station closed to passengers in 1961. View south east at heavily overgrown platform remains. The line was used for occasional MoD traffic when this image was taken.