Swan Hotel is a Grade II* listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1951. Hotel. 7 related planning applications.
Swan Hotel
- WRENN ID
- gilded-plinth-winter
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Stafford
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1951
- Type
- Hotel
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
STAFFORD
SJ9223SW GREENGATE STREET 590-1/10/52 (West side) 16/01/51 Swan Hotel
GV II*
Formerly known as: No.45 Swan Hotel GREENGATE STREET. Hotel. Mid to late C18 with earlier origins, possibly mid C17. Stucco; slate mansard roof with large brick stack. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys with attic; 6-window range. Top modillioned cornice and parapet. Segmental-headed entrance to right of centre is former coach entrance, now with paired panelled doors. Ground floor has 3 wide bow windows, each with four 4-pane sashes and friezes and cornices, that to left end is of 2 storeys; other windows have sills and 4-pane sashes; 5 flat-roofed dormers with small-paned casements. Stack has cogged frieze and cap. Rear has 2 gabled wings, one with former stable block; courtyard partly enclosed in C20. INTERIOR: some panelling, probably C17, and late C19 open well staircase; stable block converted to bar and retaining some features; courtyard retains windows including bow window. HISTORY: the hotel was a noted coaching inn; George Borrow worked here and described it in his book: Romany Rye; Charles Dickens stayed here and described it and the town in an article in Household Words. (Raven M: Staffordshire and the Black Country: 1988-: 292; Victoria County History of Staffordshire: Greenslade MW: A History of Stafford: London: 1979-: 191, 201; County Planning Department: Charles FWB: Swan Hotel, Greengate Street, Stafford: 1966-).
Listing NGR: SJ9218923172
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