Old Town’s ‘pint-sized’ pub offers BT Sport, live music every Sunday & much more.
Expect a refreshing & varied selection on the drinks front incl. gins and cocktails and you have a pub that knows exactly what today’s modern customer wants.
The contemporary decor of The Plough fits in perfectly with its historical architecture, with a reputation of being Old Towns cosiest pub, making it something of a refuge from the more noisier, more modern bars. The CAMRA Pub Guide is quoted saying: “a veritable oasis among trendier bars“.
Regular Live Music
The building came into being just as Queen Victoria was ascending the throne and it was to see the railway both come and go, and still going strong today!
The earliest deeds to the property are dated 1838, built as a cottage initially, the building in 1866 it was offered for sale as “Parlor, taproom, scullery and 6 bedrooms,” and the following year Arkell’s spotted its potential as a pub and duly bought it.
It enjoyed a quiet 14years before the arrival of the Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway (shortly to become the Midland and South Western Junction Railway), which was planned to pass through Old Town on its way to connecting Southampton with Cheltenham. Arkell’s were persuaded to sell part of the garden to make way for the lines and an adjoining cottage was part of the deal.
The Plough found itself almost next door to Swindon Town station, to where passenger trains were to trundle for the next 80 years. When the last freight train finally departed in 1971, the station – now lost under light industrial units – was closed and the Plough now looks down on a cycle track on the bed of the old railway. Still sporting its mock-Tudor panelling and leaded windows, The Plough seems oblivious and even indifferent to all these changes.
- BT SPORT
- Cask Marque
- Dog Friendly (Bar Only)
- Garden Or Patio
- Live Music
The Plough Inn, Old Town
Address: 26 Devizes Road, Old Town, Swindon, SN1 4BQ
Telephone: (01793) 274627
Website: Click HERE.
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