The Black Swan Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1976. A Victorian Public house. 5 related planning applications.
The Black Swan Public House
- WRENN ID
- peeling-sentry-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1976
- Type
- Public house
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- The Black Swan Public House, 1, Adcroft Street, Trowbridge
- OS grid reference
- ST 855 583
- Coordinates
- 51.3244, -2.20848
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Black Swan Public House dates to around 1857 and is built in a traditional local Georgian style. It is a two-storey building with a basement, and has three windows. The exterior is ashlar construction, designed in the style of a villa, with a central break. Features include a stepped plinth, side piers, draughted ground floor detailing, a band at first floor level, a cornice that mitres over the piers, a blocking course with a shallow pediment over the central bay, and sash windows with marginal glazing.
The central doorpiece is pilastered and has a cornice, above a plain door with a rectangular light. There are five steps leading to the door, with a guard rail to a blocked basement area on the right. Two painted scroll panels are located on the first floor, likely remnants of a previous inn sign, and there is a projecting cast and wrought iron bracket for an inn sign. The west elevation is similar. The front door consists of four raised and fielded panels and has cast iron railings to the left, some with floral finials.
A two-storey, three-window projecting extension is located to the north. The building forms a group with numbers 1 to 13 (inclusive), the central block of the District Hospital, and numbers 16 to 29 (inclusive).
Local climate
The Black Swan Public House receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 13 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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