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. 1 related planning application.
Former part of Swan Inn
- WRENN ID
- over-belfry-root
- 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, Sampson House, the Street, Woolpit, IP30 9QN
- OS grid reference
- TL 973 624
- Coordinates
- 52.22454, 0.8882
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sampson House, formerly part of the Swan Inn, dates back to 1826, as indicated on the building. It is constructed of red brick and features a hipped slated roof with internal red brick chimneys. The building has three storeys and six windows, which are small-pane sashes set beneath flat arches made of finely-gauged brick.
The central entrance has a six-panelled door framed by a reeded architrave and a blind semi-circular fanlight. To the left, there is a second doorway with similar features, but it has painted radiating bars of a dummy fanlight, and the opening has been adapted for a small-pane sash window from the 20th century. Both doorways display painted raised springing stones, with one pair carved with "1826, MD" and the other with "1826, BD." To the right of the entrance is a tall carriage entrance topped with an elliptical arched head made of finely-gauged brick.
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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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