The New Swan Inn

ATHERSTONE CHURCH STREET SP3097 (South-east side) 9/21 The New Swan Inn 25/03/68 GV II Public house. C18, remodelled early/mid C19. Brick with stuccoed front and right return side. Plain tile roof, hipped to right, has deep boxed eaves; rebuilt brick ridge stack. Triple-depth plan. 3 storeys; 3 bays. Front to Church Street is largely symmetrical and has banded rustication to ground floor, and scored stucco with alternating quoins to upper floors. Double-leaf sash doors with blocked overlight in projecting simple Tuscan doorcase with pilasters and entablature. Ground floor has bay windows with 16-pane sash to front and curved 8-pane sashes to sides. Narrower canted bay above on left; large canted bay above on right. No central or second-floor windows. Left return side of colourwashed brick has irregular gabled ranges. Right return side to Derby Lane is a 3-window range. Left corner has 16-pane sash in projecting surround with simple Tuscan pilasters and entablature. Recessed C20 door and two C20 windows. Upper floors have sashes, 6-pane to second floor. Interior has some chamfered beams, one with an ogee stop.

Listing NGR: SP3079197866