The Swan Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1984. Public house. 6 related planning applications.

The Swan Public House

WRENN ID
forbidden-loft-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 November 1984
Type
Public house
Address
The Swan Public House, Station Hill, Bures Hamlet, CO8 5DD
OS grid reference
TL 904 339
Coordinates
51.97176, 0.77173
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Swan Public House is a building that dates from the 16th century and early 18th century, originally a house and now serving as a public house. It features a combination of partly timber-framed and plastered sections, as well as areas constructed of painted brick in Flemish bond. The roof is covered with machine-made clay tiles and the building is designed in an L-shape, facing north, with the 16th-century wing on the left side.

The structure has two internal chimney stacks, one located to the left of center and the other at the right end. There is a lean-to at the rear, along with single-storey rear extensions, and a 20th-century flat-roofed single-storey extension on the right side. The building stands two storeys tall.

On the ground floor, there is a splayed bay window with sashes arranged in a pattern of 16-20-16 lights, a tripartite sash window with 4-12-4 lights, and two single-hung sash windows with 12 lights, all of which are early 19th-century features. The entrance includes a half-glazed door. The first floor boasts four early 18th-century three-light windows, which have wrought-iron casements and rectangular leaded glazing. The roof is hipped.

Inside the left part of the building, there are moulded axial and transverse beams, along with chamfered joists that have a horizontal section and plain stops, dating back to the 16th century.

Local climate

The Swan Public House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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