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Picture source: Hania Franek
The Swan Hotel was situated at 22 High Street. The Swan dated back to at least the C17th when it was owned by the Goldman family. It may have incorporated the town’s medieval market house. It continued in their ownership until 1713 when it was bought by Edmund Toye who’s family had been tenant innkeepers. In the C19th and early C20th the Swan was owned by William, then George and later Emily Moore. The Assembly Rooms at the Hotel were the most prestigious in the town. The Swan was the town’s main coaching inn until the 1860s. There were 8 coaches daily to London, Dorking, Guildford, Horsham, Bognor and Worthing running daily, owned by William Chapman and B.W. Horne. The inn provided post horses, carriages, stabling and lock up coach houses. The Swan Brewery was established by George Moore at the rear of the hotel in 1859. The business continued until 1921. Some of its buildings survived until 1979. The Swan closed in September 1936 and was demolished and a 3 story crescent of shops and offices in neoclassical style built on its site. They remain in commercial use. In 1979 work started on building the town’s new shopping centre, the Swan Centre. It was built partly on the former site of the Swan Brewery to the north of that of the Hotel. It was opened in 1982.
Source: Phil Collins
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Picture source: Hania Franek
Rear yard of The Swan Hotel	Picture source: Phil Collins