The Swan is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. Inn. 5 related planning applications.
The Swan
- WRENN ID
- mired-cupola-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1982
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- The Swan, the Street, Chappel, CO6 2DD
- OS grid reference
- TL 895 284
- Coordinates
- 51.92218, 0.75481
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Swan is a house dating from around 1600 that has been converted into an inn. It features a timber frame with rendered walls and has a three-window range on the first storey, which includes double-hung sashes with eight panes set in exposed boxes. The south front displays two wide pairs of ten-pane sashes, with a flat hood above the door situated between them. To the left, there is a modern semi-hexagonal bay window. An early 19th-century addition with a hip roof is located on the north side. The roof is ridged and combines mixed hips and gables, covered with plain tiles.
Local climate
The Swan sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 650 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 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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