The Swan

WORLINGWORTH SWAN ROAD TM 26 NW 5/138 The Swan - II Public house. Mid C16 parlour end and stack, the remainder probably earlier. C19 additions. Timber framed, mainly roughcast-rendered; at the front (facing south) the ground floor is cased or rebuilt in C19 red brick. Scalloped bargeboards. Thatched roof. 2 storeys and attic. 3-cell form. C19 casement windows, 3 to ground floor, 2 to first floor; all have a single horizontal glazing bar to each light. 2 mid C20 doors. Internal stack, the shaft rebuilt in white brick. External stack to right gable end. Single storey red brick and pantiled additions on each gable end; rear lean-to in colourwashed brick. Modernised interior, especially the ground floor. The earlier section, in 2 bays, has irregular, widely-spaced studding exposed on the upper floor; the roof appears to be of common-rafter form, once hipped over the service end. The parlour addition is slightly higher; there is a good intact roof with one row of clasped purlins and 2-way wind braces.

Listing NGR: TM2241068247