The Swan Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Oldham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1986. Public house. 4 related planning applications.
The Swan Inn
- WRENN ID
- fading-pier-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oldham
- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth MP: Debbie Abrahams (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1986
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Swan Inn, the Square, Saddleworth, OL3 5AA
- OS grid reference
- SD 992 066
- Coordinates
- 53.55638, -2.01299
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Swan Inn is a public house located in Dobcross, Saddleworth, with a datestone marking its construction by Benjamin Wrigley in 1765. The building is made of hammer-dressed watershot stone and features a graduated stone slate roof. It has a double-range plan consisting of two bays and two storeys, plus a basement. The corners of the building are accentuated with quoins. Each bay on both floors has a four-light window, including a four-light basement window, all featuring recessed chamfered mullions, most of which were replaced in the 20th century. The gable ends have chimney stacks, and the main entrance is located in the gable, framed by a square-cut surround with a datestone above. The gable also includes two-light windows and an arched attic light. A later addition to the rear of the building was constructed in two phases and extends to the left, featuring quoins, 19th-century door and window openings, and a four-light recessed flat-faced stone mullion gable window.
Local climate
The Swan Inn sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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- Related listed building consents — 4 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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