The Three Swans Hotel is a Grade II* listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 July 1952. Hotel. 8 related planning applications.
The Three Swans Hotel
- WRENN ID
- late-courtyard-hawk
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston MP: Neil O'Brien (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 July 1952
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- The Three Swans Hotel, 21, High Street, LE16 7NJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 732 873
- Coordinates
- 52.47924, -0.92271
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Three Swans Hotel, formerly known as 'The Swan', is a historic inn first mentioned in 1517. The building features a late 18th century to early 19th century facade that covers an earlier structure, likely timber framed, with a gable that has close studding now concealed. The exterior is stuccoed, and the roof is not visible. The hotel has three storeys, with the third storey added in the late 18th century or early 19th century. It has four windows, with two flattened bows of two storeys each, featuring cornices and reeded mullions that flank the central door, which has a small 19th-century hood supported by brackets. A segmental coach arch is located under the south side of the facade.
A notable feature is the wrought iron sign and bracket, which is of excellent design; the central panel is original, while the two outer swans were likely added when 'The Swan' was renamed The Three Swans. At the rear, there is a long range of painted brick outbuildings. Inside, the hotel has panelling from around 1700 in a first-floor room, along with fireplaces and some six-panelled doors. Christian VII of Denmark dined here in 1768, and the Court Leet was still occasionally held here in the 19th century.
Local climate
The Three Swans Hotel receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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