Lion and Swan Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1950. A Post-Medieval Inn. 11 related planning applications.
Lion and Swan Inn
- WRENN ID
- fading-parapet-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 July 1950
- Type
- Inn
- Period
- Post-Medieval
- Address
- Lion and Swan Inn, West Street, Congleton, CW12 1JR
- OS grid reference
- SJ 857 629
- Coordinates
- 53.16314, -2.21494
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lion and Swan Inn is a picturesque 17th-century inn and former coaching stop. The core of the building may be even earlier. It has undergone extensive restoration and later alterations. The front of the inn is timber-framed and plastered, while the rest of the structure is brick, primarily from the 19th century.
The inn is two storeys high with gabled dormers. The ground floor front is of a later date than the upper parts. A first-floor arcade is situated over a central open porch, supported by two stone Roman Doric columns. This porch is raised well above street level and is accessed by stone steps. The doorway features a moulded wooden doorcase with an 18th-19th century glazed door. Most windows are 18th-century sash windows with glazing bars. The roof is a mix of old stone slates, slates, and tiles, with a tiled section at the rear.
The interior has been significantly altered, but some exposed ceiling beams remain.
Local climate
Lion and Swan Inn sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 11 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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