The Swan Inn

The Swan Inn is a public house that was originally a house, dating from the 16th century or earlier, with alterations made in the early 19th and 20th centuries. The building features a mix of materials, including partly timber framing and plaster, with a roof made of handmade red plain tiles and sections of red brick in Flemish bond, which is roofed with slate.

The structure has a complex plan that includes two bays of a late medieval house oriented approximately east-west, with an extension to the south of the western bay. There is a single-storey extension from the 18th or 19th century to the west, which has an internal end stack, and a lean-to extension with an internal stack in the northwest corner. An early 19th-century brick extension is located to the north and east of the eastern bay of the original house, also featuring an internal stack. Additionally, there are single-storey extensions added in the 20th century to the west and southwest.

The building stands two storeys high. The east elevation has a two-window range of early 19th-century sashes with 16 lights, set beneath shallow segmental arches. The central doorway, also with a similar arch, is blocked, as is the original window aperture above it. The roof is hipped and covered with slate at a shallow pitch. The north elevation mirrors this design, but the two right sashes have been altered within their original openings, and there is one early 19th-century sash with 12 lights in the lean-to extension. The entrance is now located in the 20th-century extension to the west.

Inside, the original building features a fully jointed and pegged frame with heavy close studding. An early 17th-century inserted floor includes a chamfered transverse beam and plain joists with a vertical section. A section of original wattle and daub infill is exposed at the eastern end within the early 19th-century brick extension. The roof pitches to the west and the eastern pitch of the southern extension are tiled and have a normal tile pitch.