Former part of Swan Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1954. Inn. 3 related planning applications.
Former part of Swan Inn
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 November 1954
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- Former part of Swan Inn, Swan House, the Street, Woolpit, IP30 9QN
- OS grid reference
- TL 973 623
- Coordinates
- 52.22442, 0.88833
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building known as Swan House is a former part of the Swan Inn, with its origins dating back to the 16th century. It underwent remodelling in 1759, which is noted on the plaster gable of the right-hand dormer. The structure is timber-framed and encased in 18th-century red brick, featuring rusticated painted brick quoins. The roof is plaintiled and includes two gabled casement dormers with leaded lights.
The building has a large 18th-century axial chimney made of red brick, along with an internal end chimney on the left side, topped with a parapet gable. It stands two storeys high with attics and has three windows on the front. The first storey features three 18th-century three-light casements with leaded lights, while the ground storey has small-pane 19th-century sash windows with cambered heads. There is also a flat-roofed mid-20th-century splayed bay.
To the left, there is an 18th or 19th-century four-panelled entrance door with a small oblong fanlight above it. Another entrance has a 20th-century eight-panelled door with a flat canopy. Above this entrance is a prominent plastered niche with rusticated quoins, intended to hold a statue. Inside, one of the ground storey ceilings retains a heavy structure typical of the early 16th century, and it appears that the roof was raised in the 18th century.
Local climate
Former part of Swan Inn sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 2 transactions since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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