White Swan Hotel is a Grade II* listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1963. Hotel.

White Swan Hotel

WRENN ID
late-buttress-lark
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Halifax MP: Kate Dearden (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 July 1963
Type
Hotel
Address
White Swan Hotel, Princess Street
OS grid reference
SE 092 252
Coordinates
53.72375, -1.86064
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The White Swan Hotel is a distinguished classical building dating from 1858, possibly designed by Smith and Parnell. It is constructed of stone and features considerable decorative enrichment. The hotel stands four storeys high and has seven windows. The entrance is round arched and flanked by engaged Doric columns with carved decoration. The first-floor windows are pedimented and adorned with carving, particularly prominent in the center and on the frieze between the top-floor windows. A large, richly detailed cornice with brackets crowns the building. Although the interior has been altered, the staircase retains a decorative iron balustrade, which is partly encased. The main room on the first floor is of particular interest. The White Swan Hotel, along with its south extension and the Princess Buildings, forms an important group with several other listed buildings in the vicinity, including those on Crossley Street, Wade Street, and Northgate.

Local climate

White Swan Hotel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% 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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