Harveys Wine Vaults red plaque

This red commemorative plaque records: Harveys Wine Vaults A few yards ahead of this spot under the Swan Centre are buried medieval vaults, which may have been the undercroft of a merchants cellars by the world renowned Bristol Sherry Company Harveys, which operated here for nearly 150 years until 1967. This was at the top of Swan Street formerly known as 'Behind the shops' which included three ancient pubs, The Fox, The Black Bull, and The Swan Hotel. They faced the rear of the High Street where the famous seventeenth century preacher Richard Baxter lived. This wa all removed to develop The Swan Centre in 1968. Recorded plaque organisation: Kidderminster Civic Society, Heritage Lottery Fund.

Harveys Wine Vaults were a significant part of Bristol's wine trade for nearly 150 years until 1967, operating above medieval vaults that may have originally served as merchants' cellars. The site, now beneath the Swan Centre, was once surrounded by historic pubs and the residence of the renowned seventeenth-century preacher Richard Baxter.