Swan Cottage

BARKWAY HIGH STREET TL 3835 (East side) Barkway 9/14 No. 3 (Swan Cottage)

GV II

House. Early to mid C17, extended and altered in C18 and subsequently. Timber frame on red brick base. Rendered with some weatherboarding. Steeply pitched tiled roof. 3 cells, originally probably a through passage plan. 2 storeys with cellar. High plinth with a cellar window to right. Ground floor: steps up to entrance to left of centre, plank door with early C19 timber architrave with shaped brackets to pedimental hood. 3 light small pane flush frame casements with hood boards. First floor similar 2 light casements. Boxed eaves. To right of centre a cross axial stack with 2 original octagonal shafts. Attached to left an early 1 bay, 1 storey gabled outshut with a 3 light casement. Weatherboarded gable ends. Slate roofed, weatherboarded C19 continuous lean-to outshut to rear. To rear right an C18 1 storey kitchen wing with an attached former barn with corrugated sheet roofing. C20 2 storey gabled wing to rear left. Interior: exposed framing with stop ovolo moulded axial bearer in 'hall' bay. Formerly the Swan Public House.

Listing NGR: TL3849135885