Swan Hotel And Attached Wall

The Swan Hotel, located on Warwick Road in Kineton, is a public house with a datestone indicating it was built in 1668, with 19th-century additions. The building is constructed from painted coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and features a gabled old tile roof with brick end stacks, one of which has been rebuilt. It is designed in an L-plan and consists of two storeys plus an attic, with a two-window range.

The exterior showcases a moulded plinth and a continuous label mould at the ground floor, which is interrupted by a replaced entrance. The entrance, positioned to the left of the centre, features a doorcase with a bracketed open pediment and a fanlight above a six-panel door. Flanking the entrance are five-light recessed-chamfered mullioned windows on the ground floor, while the first floor has similar four-light windows. There are three renewed gabled roof dormers with two-light leaded casements.

On the right side facing Banbury Street, the building has a gable with a two-light window and a large wing to the right under a hipped slate roof. The left return displays continuous label moulds over a four-light ground floor window and a three-light first floor window. The stone rear wing has a brick first floor and a slate roof, with a carriage entrance leading to the rear yard and varied fenestration that includes sashed first-floor windows. The 19th-century brick rear wing was formerly a separate stable block.

The corner site is significant, located at the junction of Warwick Road with Southam Road and Banbury Street. An enriched iron sign bracket is present at the corner, along with a smaller bracket at the front. An attached wall extends approximately 22 meters from the right end of the hotel and connects to the wall of the Public Library on Bridge Street. The interior has not been inspected.