Terrace of 24 cottages, Railway Village, Swindon

One of the streets in the development built for the Great Western Railway Company workforce. These are two storey buildings with a separate dwelling on each floor, all two rooms deep. The downstairs houses were reached through a passage on the front, upstairs by lean-to stairs from the walled rear yard. Toilets were in the rear yard.

Location

Swindon Swindon

Period

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

Themes

Tags

architecture house planned community