The White Swan Inn is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1967. Public house.

The White Swan Inn

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Derbyshire
Constituency
South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 November 1967
Type
Public house
Address
The White Swan Inn, Castle Street, Melbourne
OS grid reference
SK 388 251
Coordinates
52.82261, -1.42515
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The White Swan Inn is a public house that dates back to the 17th century, with some parts rebuilt in the early 19th century and further alterations made in the 20th century. The building features painted roughcast, likely over rubble stone, set on a deep chamfered stone plinth. It has a plain tile roof with a central brick ridge stack and brick stacks on the side walls and gable to the west, along with a stepped eaves band.

The inn is two storeys high with garrets and has three bays arranged in a lobby entrance plan. The main elevation faces south and includes a central doorcase with a 17th-century dripmould and a 20th-century glazed door. To the east, there is a small flat-headed two-light casement window, while to the west, there is a 20th-century four-light small pane casement window. Above these, there are three three-light horizontal sliding glazing bar sashes.

The east gable wall, which faces Castle Street, has a three-light 20th-century casement window on the ground floor, with a three-light horizontal sliding sash above it and a two-light small pane garret window. Inside, the inn features two square panel timber-framed cross walls with stone nogging and an oak winder staircase positioned against the central stack. The interior also includes large chamfered beams and a stepped brick stack in the western room, which has plasterwork depicting a swan on the front.

Local climate

The White Swan Inn sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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