The Swan is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. A C17 Public house. 1 related planning application.
The Swan
- WRENN ID
- night-timber-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Swan, 17, High Street, Thornbury, BS35 2AE
- OS grid reference
- ST 636 900
- Coordinates
- 51.60845, -2.52577
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Swan is a building with origins dating back to the mid-17th century, which was remodeled and extended in the mid to late 18th century. The exterior is rendered, and it features a pantile roof behind a parapet that is topped with a decorative cast iron balustrade and pineapple finials on the end pilasters. The building stands three storeys tall and has three windows with modern glazing bar sashes, along with bays on the ground floor. The central entrance has a wide segmental headed doorway, framed by a Doric porch that displays a large cast swan above it.
Inside, the layout was formerly centered around an open court. The south and west wings retain 17th-century features, including a 3-light chamfered mullion window and stop-chamfered beams in the south wing. There is also a studded plank door with strap hinges located in the rear wing at the first floor. The exterior showcases three plaster panels that depict a rampant horse (possibly a unicorn), a lion and unicorn with a crowned thistle and rose above, and another lion.
Local climate
The 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 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- 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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