The Swan Inn (EHER 29211)

No 39 Swan Street (The Swan Inn). Public House of the 15th century. Half H-plan origin with 17th century and later alterations and additions

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Swan Inn (NAT). <1> Swan Inn, a 15th century hall house, with 16th and 17th century additions. The north wing is dilapidated. <2> <3> No 39 Swan Street (The Swan Inn). Public House of the 15th century. Half H-plan origin with 17th century and later alterations and additions. RCHM 13. Grade II. <4> April 1975. Field visit. The inn was re-faced in brick in the 19th century, and is not outstanding. See photograph. <5> June 2011. Building survey. A wall representing the north-western boundary between The Swan Inn and Swan Chase was recorded prior to planned removal in July 2011. The wall was within the curtilage of The Swan Inn, a prominent grade II-listed 15th century structure that closed in 2002. Based on the survey, the wall appears to date to the mid-19th century but has been substantially rebuilt in several phases and is now in poor condition. <6> 2014. Building survey. A historic buildings report was carried out in 2014 by Barry Hillman Crouch in advance of an application to convert the former pub. The Swan was built as a 15th century hall with two cross-wings and has been a landmark building since then. The original hall was removed and replaced with a freestanding two storey jettied frame with a large brick firestack in the 16th century. In the 17th century the attics were floored and it is likely there were dormers in the roof. In the early 19th century the house was radically remodelled adding a Georgian style brick façade, partly dismantling the hall frame and expanding the internal accommodation. The north cross-wing accommodated a large bread oven and kitchen while the other rooms were all hated with new fireplaces. A new winder stair was built in the south cross-wing and a two storey outshot for the main stair was added to the rear. In the 20th century the rear staircase was removed to accommodate the backfitting for the bar. A full length rear outshot was built for the new WCs and pub kitchen. Much of the internal framing was removed on the ground floor and the house refitted. The stables and the grange were built between 1840 and 1876. The stables may have had a brewery in the easternmost room where there is a chimney and a circular bricked hole in the wall for a boiler. <7> See also: <8>