Heritage Open Day: Pattern Church Swindon, formerly The GWR Pattern Store (Pattern Shop) will be open from 1pm -3pm on Saturday 20th of September. Tours every half hour - final tour at 2.30 pm. Renovated by the Diocese of Bristol, the 1897 GWR Pattern Store is now home to Pattern Church. See how the historic fabric has been restored and given a new lease of life. Tours of the building will include the upper floors not opened to the public since the Pattern Store was closed in the 1980s.