The Swan Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1980. A C15 Inn. 17 related planning applications.
The Swan Inn
- WRENN ID
- rooted-crypt-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1980
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- The Swan Inn, High Street, Sturry, CT2 0BD
- OS grid reference
- TR 176 602
- Coordinates
- 51.30003, 1.12141
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Swan Inn is a building that likely dates back to the 15th century and was refronted in the 18th century. It has an L-shaped design and features a front elevation that is two storeys high and cement rendered. The roof is steeply pitched and hipped, covered with tiles. There are four sash windows with intact glazing bars, two of which are triple windows. The entrance has a doorcase supported by pilasters and topped with a pediment on console brackets. Inside, there is a notable dragon beam.
Local climate
The Swan Inn sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 — 1 transaction since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 17 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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