A CHILBOLTON man is looking to leave two beloved paintings in his will to a town museum.

An active citizen of the town, Brian Brown, had one of the paintings commissioned and another given to him by a gallery.

The 80-year-old has decided to give back to the town. He said: “I think because I’ve been involved in so many things in Andover I thought it would be a nice gift for them.

“It’s a bit of history in a way, I just thought it was a little bit of history and I thought it was a nice painting."

The former chief executive officer (CEO) and founder of TSB Trust Company has an original Francis Frith postcard of the town’s railway station in the early 1900s.

He decided to commission a unique painting of the postcard in 1984 by Akin of Malvern, which was updated to a 1930s look.

The work is the only one of its kind as the professional painter refuses any prints to be made of his pieces.

The grandfather of his cousin, Diana, worked for Francis Frith in the late 19th century, and the same cousin’s father also used to go into the studio on a Saturday morning to clean and put up the glass photo plates.

After his initial thought of leaving his railway painting to Andover Museum Mr Brown realised he had another painting of the town hanging in his house.

While working as CEO of TSB Trust Company, Mr Brown sponsored an exhibition of artist, John Forgan, at The Wykeham Galleries.

His second painting, of the High Street, was presented to him as a surprise gift by a Stockbridge gallery.

Mr Brown added: “It’s just one of those things you do instinctively.

“You can still see all the buildings in them and it just seemed to me a nice thing to do.”