Lorry crash damages historic hotel near Swindon

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 30 Oct, 15:18 · Archive

A lorry crashed into The Vale Hotel in Cricklade on Tuesday night, damaging a Victorian clock and smashing a window.

A lorry crashed into The Vale Hotel in Cricklade on Tuesday night, causing significant damage to the Grade II-listed 16th-century building. The collision knocked over an elaborate cast-iron clock installed to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1898 and owned by the town council. A lamppost also fell, smashing one of the hotel's first-floor windows, damaging its windowsill and scratching the exterior façade.

Mark Ingle manages The Vale Hotel, which won the Channel 4 show Four In A Bed in 2004. He spotted members of the town council attending the scene on Wednesday and was surprised that they had not contacted him to enquire about the damage to the listed building. He said: 'No-one has come to see me about the criminal damage caused to a listed building. It's appalling and disgusting. No checks have been carried out.'

Ingle said a Canadian guest had been booked into the room affected by the lamppost. He explained that he had moved her to the room she had occupied previously with her mother, as 'otherwise she would have been near the window when the lamppost came through with such force, sending glass everywhere.'

How it is being reported

• Owner of famous hotel from Channel 4 show furious after lorry crashThe owner of a historic hotel near Swindon has spoken out after a lorry crash caused significant damage to the building.Gazette & Herald · 30 Oct, 14:36
• Owner of famous hotel from Channel 4 show furious after lorry crashThe owner of a historic hotel near Swindon has spoken out after a lorry crash caused significant damage to the building.Swindon Advertiser · 30 Oct, 14:36

In this story: Mark Ingle · The Vale Hotel · Cricklade · Swindon · Channel 4

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