Swan Hotel, Stafford,

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Date:1860 - 1861 (c.)

Description:Situated in Greengate, the Swan Hotel was originally built as two private town houses in the seventeenth century, joined by a central archway. The buildings were converted into a coaching inn in 1752 and a Georgian front was later added.

George Borrow described The Swan in the early nineteenth century as 'a place of infinite life and bustle', but by the middle of the century the advent of the railway had brought the Swan, like other coaching inns, into a decline. Charles Dickens stayed at the Swan at this time, when he found himself stranded between trains in Stafford; in contrast to Borrow he compared the inn to the extinct Dodo.


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1780s
Ancient High House, Stafford,
Ancient High House, Stafford,

The High House was built on Greengate Street by Richard Dorrington in 1595. The ...

1850s
Ancient High House, Stafford
Ancient High House, Stafford

The large timber framed building is the Ancient High House on Greengate Street, ...

1870s
Ancient High House, Stafford,
Ancient High House, Stafford,

View of the Ancient High House on Greengate Street, built by Richard Dorrington ...

1890s
William Marson and the Old Curiosity Shop, Stafford,
William Marson and the Old Curiosity Shop, Stafford,

William Albert Marson owned a high class family grocer's shop, established in the ...

1920s
Swan Hotel Dining Room, Stafford
Swan Hotel Dining Room, Stafford

Situated in Greengate, the Swan Hotel was originally built as two private town houses ...

1940s
District Bank, Stafford,
District Bank, Stafford,

The Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Company opened a branch in Stafford ...

1960s
Student Demonstration, Stafford
Student Demonstration, Stafford

Staffordshire students' protest march on Greengate Street. At the front are John ...

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Donor ref:P87.111.0153 (18/1361)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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