Two adjacent buildings on a street corner, featuring a timber-framed section on the left and a brick facade with awnings.

43 – 47 Castle Street c1960 (MoC176.70)

43 (76) Castle Street, The White Swan, The Architect

History of 43 Castle Street

1861

Sophia Wilderspin, 49, baker, b Foxton

1871 White Swan

John Harding, 34, cow keeper & publican, b Upwell

A pen and ink drawing showing a street corner with a building featuring a prominent hanging sign depicting a swan.

The Swan Castle Street, R Farren 1881

1881

John Harding, 40, publican, b Upwell

1891 (43) White Swan

John Caldecoach, 38, shoemaker and publican, b Cambridge

Sarah née Clark, 42,

Thomas Radford, 23,

Frederick, 20,

Sidney, 16,

Harry, 15,

Christopher, 8,

Charles, 5,

In 1901 the family is living at 75 Castle Street.

1907

The White Swan was in very poor condition as reported in the CDN 7 March 1907: there were large rat holes in the bar floor, the parlour floor seemed shaky and the whole place was permeated by a very unwholesome smell. It was impossible to open the windows, the plaster work of the ceilings was poor and the occupants of bedrooms on the second floor had no proper means of escape.

1913 The White Swan

Thomas Francis Moore

A row of old buildings on a street, featuring a timber-framed house with a gabled front next to taller brick townhouses.

The site of the Barbican. The ‘Three Tuns’ was outside it, but the next house, formerly the ‘White Swan’ is on it. (Palmer 1928)

1962

County Arms Hotel

The Architect pub on Castle Street features brick and timber-frame walls, a blue-painted gable, and several outdoor benches.

43 Castle Street

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