The Swan Inn

BRADWELL COGGESHALL ROAD TL 82 SW (south side)

2/19 The Swan Inn

GV II

House, now public house. C16 or earlier, altered in early C19 and C20. Partly timber framed and plastered, roofed with handmade red plain tiles, partly of red brick in Flemish bond, roofed with slate. Complex plan comprising 2 bays of a late medieval house aligned approx. E-W, with extension to S of W bay. C18/19 single-storey extension to W, with internal end stack. Lean-to extension with internal stack in NW angle. Early C19 brick extension N and E of E bay of original house, with internal stack. C20 single-storey extensions to W and SW. 2 storeys. E elevation, 2-window range of early C19 sashes of 16 lights with shallow segmental arches. Central doorway with similar arch, blocked, and original window aperture above, also blocked. Hipped slate roof of shallow pitch. The N elevation is similar, but the 2 right sashes have been altered within the original apertures, and there is one early C19 sash of 12 lights in the lean-to extension. Entrance now in C20 extension to W. The original building has a fully jointed and pegged frame with heavy close studding, and an early C17 inserted floor comprising a chamfered transverse beam and plain joists of vertical section. A section of original wattle and daub infill is exposed at the E end, within the early C19 brick extension. The W roof pitch, and the E pitch of the S extension, are tiled and of normal tile pitch.

Listing NGR: TL8060823128