Description

LONDON STREET
SU 1484 NE SWINDON
(north side)
6/120 Carriage works No. 7 shop
GV II

Carriage works, now industrial workshops. 1870-80 for GWR. Rock-faced
snecked Fox's wood rubblewith Bath stone quoins, strings and window
dressings. Slate roofs with apex glazing and ventilation cowls.
Street elevation of 15 bays in 5 groups of 3, 2 storeys, ground on
cast iron columns. First floor brick segmental window heads, also
with corniced keystones and multiple pivot lights. Glazed doors to
ground level.
Internally; ground level iron joists on cast iron columns, carrying
brick segmental vaults. Upper floor 8 bays of cast iron round
section keeled stanchions, lugged at storey heights and carrying I-
section plates and light steel angle trusses. 6 panes. Similar
columns placed intermediate on external side walls. Wall to London
Street adjoins No. 8 shop to right and trimming shop on Emlyn
Square on left.

Listing NGR: SU1451884915

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26274486

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6