The Swan Inn is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1988. Inn. 4 related planning applications.
The Swan Inn
- WRENN ID
- distant-bracket-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1988
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- The Swan Inn, Acre End Street, Eynsham, OX29 4PF
- OS grid reference
- SP 430 092
- Coordinates
- 51.78048, -1.37682
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Swan Inn is an inn dating from the mid-18th century, with alterations made in the late 19th century. It is constructed from coursed and squared limestone rubble, featuring 20th-century ribbon pointing, and has a gabled stone slate roof with end stacks that were rebuilt in the 20th century. The building has a central-staircase plan and stands two storeys tall with an attic, displaying a symmetrical five-window range that was altered in the late 19th century.
The entrance features a doorway with a bracketed hood, and there is a window to the right that was added in the late 19th century. The left side has flat stone arches over six-pane sash windows, while the first floor has timber lintels over five-pane sash windows. There are also two late 19th-century roof dormers. To the right is a similar two-storey extension with a four-window range. The rear of the building has two lateral stacks and keyed flat arches over sash windows on the first floor and to the rear, along with a late 19th-century doorway and window on the ground floor.
At the rear left, there is a two-storey range built from similar materials. Inside, the room to the left features a roughly-chamfered beam and a flat brick arch with a keystone over an open fireplace, which has flanking smoking chambers. The dog-leg staircase with winders has square newels, handrails, and stick balusters. The roof is a three-bay common-rafter type.
Local climate
The Swan Inn receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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