Black Swan Hotel, Devizes
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The Black Swan Hotel is a traditional inn and hotel in
Devizes Devizes () is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It developed around Devizes Castle, an 11th-century Norman architecture, Norman castle, and received a charter in 1141. The castle was besieged during the Anarchy, a 12th-cent ...
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Wiltshire Wiltshire (; abbreviated to Wilts) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It borders Gloucestershire to the north, Oxfordshire to the north-east, Berkshire to the east, Hampshire to the south-east, Dorset to the south, and Somerset to ...
, England. Overlooking the
Market Place A marketplace, market place, or just market, is a location where people regularly gather for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other goods. In different parts of the world, a marketplace may be described as a ''souk'' (from ...
on the A360 road, the inn was built in 1737. It is associated with the nearby
Wadworth Brewery Wadworth is a brewery company founded in 1875 in Devizes, Wiltshire, England, best known for their 6X beer brand. History Wadworth & Co. was founded in 1875 when Henry Wadworth purchased the Northgate Brewery in Devizes. It was not long before ...
. The inn is reputedly haunted; a young woman in a long dress is said to wander the corridors and walk through the walls. The building is
Grade II* listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...
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See also

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Bear Hotel, Devizes The Bear Hotel is a historic coaching inn in the market town of Devizes in Wiltshire, England. On the west side of the town's Market Place, Devizes, Market Place, it is one of many coaching inns in the town that once served the route from London t ...
, another historic coaching inn


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* Georgian architecture in Wiltshire Hotel buildings completed in 1737 Hotels in Wiltshire Devizes Tourist attractions in Wiltshire Grade II* listed pubs in Wiltshire 1737 establishments in England {{Wiltshire-struct-stub