The Swan Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 1952. Public house. 1 related planning application.

The Swan Inn

WRENN ID
eastward-dormer-honey
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Milton Keynes
Constituency
Milton Keynes North MP: Chris Curtis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 March 1952
Type
Public house
Address
The Swan Inn, 12, High Street South, Olney, MK46 4AA
OS grid reference
SP 889 511
Coordinates
52.15185, -0.70181
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Swan Inn is an 18th-century building located on the east side of Olney High Street. It features an altered stone exterior and an old tiled roof with coped gables, two hipped dormers, and three brick stacks. The inn has two storeys and an attic. To the left of the centre, there is a pedimented wooden doorcase, with two sash windows featuring wooden lintels to the right, and two similar windows above. On the left side, there is a tripartite sash window with architraves, and a similar window above it.

Local climate

The 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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