Swan Inn

BURNLEY

SD8432NW ST JAMES STREET 906-1/16/133 (South side) 29/09/77 No.44 Swan Inn (Formerly Listed as: ST JAMES STREET (South side) Nos.44A AND 44 Swan Public House)

GV II

Farmhouse, adapted at an early date as a public house with a shop attached. Later C18 in 2 builds; altered. Coursed squared sandstone, composition tile roof resembling stone slate. Irregular double-depth plan with rear wings. 2 storeys, 1+2 windows, with a vertical joint between these parts. The main range is symmetrical, with a small central doorway which has chamfered jambs and a plain lintel, and two 2-light flush-mullioned windows on each floor, the mullions at ground floor chamfered and those above square; and a large ogival-headed painted signboard in the centre of the upper floor. The early addition to the left is one narrow bay with a doorway and side-window at ground floor and coupled windows above. All these windows are sashed without glazing bars. Gable chimneys to both portions. Rear: each portion has a rear wing, and the main range is now enclosed by C20 glazing. INTERIOR: partitioned into various small rooms; stone flagged floors; said to have prison cells at rear. HISTORY: was the meeting place of the Burnley Town Committee, formed in 1819, the 1st secular body for local government of the town in the C19. (Lowe: Burnley: 40-78).

Listing NGR: SD8413132524