The Black Swan Inn and Boundary Walls to North East and East is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1983. Inn. 5 related planning applications.

The Black Swan Inn and Boundary Walls to North East and East

WRENN ID
tattered-jamb-snow
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 Black Swan Inn and Boundary Walls to North East and East, 159, High Street, Swanage
OS grid reference
SZ 026 786
Coordinates
50.60771, -1.96369
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Black Swan Inn, located on the south side of High Street, is a building of historical significance that has origins dating back to the 18th century and has undergone alterations since then. It features walls made of Purbeck Stone that are colourwashed, topped with a Purbeck Stone roof and has brick stacks. The inn is two storeys tall with attics.

On the ground floor, there is an entrance door that has a flat stone canopy supported by brackets, along with three double-hung sash windows. The first floor also has similar double-hung sash windows. In the attic, there are two dormers; one has a pent roof while the other has a hipped roof, both fitted with double-hung sashes. A wrought iron hanging sign is positioned under the eaves.

To the west of the current entrance, there are indications of an earlier blocked door, with another blocked door further west. The building is elevated above the pavement level on a terrace, which is supported by a Purbeck Stone retaining wall and simple iron railings. At the rear, there is a two-storeyed gabled extension, also constructed of Purbeck Stone.

Attached to the main building are single-storey stone outbuildings, likely originally used as stables. These outbuildings also feature Purbeck Stone walls and roofs. Additionally, there is a Purbeck Stone boundary wall along High Street and Townsend Road, with stone gate piers marking the entrance leading to the yard on Townsend Road.

Local climate

The Black Swan Inn and Boundary Walls to North East and East 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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