The White Swan is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1983. Inn. 3 related planning applications.
The White Swan
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-cupola-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1983
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- The White Swan, 31, High Street, Swanage, BH19 2LT
- OS grid reference
- SZ 031 786
- Coordinates
- 50.60794, -1.95671
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The White Swan is an inn located on the south side of High Street, dating from the 18th century, though it may have earlier origins. The main building features rendered walls and a roof made of Purbeck Stone, although part of it has been replaced with modern concrete slates. It is two storeys high and has modern casement windows. At the rear, there is a wing facing Stafford Road, which likely started as cottages but has now been incorporated into the inn, also probably from the 18th century. This wing is two storeys tall, has Purbeck Stone walls, and a modern concrete slate roof, along with double-hung sash windows.
Local climate
The White Swan receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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
- No sale records on file
- 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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