The Swan is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. Public house. 1 related planning application.
The Swan
- WRENN ID
- white-dormer-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1985
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Swan, the Street, Rayne, CM77 6RQ
- OS grid reference
- TL 731 227
- Coordinates
- 51.87606, 0.5137
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Swan is a public house with origins dating back to the 16th century or earlier, featuring later additions and alterations. The building is timber framed and rough rendered, topped with red plain tiled roofs. It has three red brick chimney stacks, located externally on the left and at both sides of the central range. The structure consists of two-storey gabled crosswings on the right and left, with a one-storey and attic central range that includes a dormer with a segmental head. The windows are arranged in a 1:1:1 pattern, with small paned casements on the first floor and two-light small paned vertically sliding sashes in the ground floor bays. There are vertically boarded doors located on the right return of the left crosswing and to the right of the central range, which has a parapet dating from the 19th or 20th century.
Local climate
The Swan sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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