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This smart house dating from the early 18th Century, which is a Grade II Listed building, was the boyhood home of Sir Daniel Gooch (1816-1889), famed railway locomotive and transatlantic cable engineer. He was the first Superintendent of Locomotive Engines on the Great Western Railway from 1837 to 1864 and its chairman from 1865 until his death. This house eventually became a pub and although it had several names, including The King’s Arms, it was commonly known as The Grapes due to the big brewery sign which hung outside for many years.