The Black Swan Inn is a Grade II* listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1954. A Georgian Inn. 4 related planning applications.
The Black Swan Inn
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-hall-summer
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1954
- Type
- Inn
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- The Black Swan Inn, Market Place, Devizes, SN10 1JQ
- OS grid reference
- SU 003 615
- Coordinates
- 51.35316, -1.99637
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Black Swan Inn is an 18th-century building, with a front dated 1737, located on the northeast side of Market Place. It features a fine cast lead rainwater head with a cartouche ornament and the initials FB, situated on the left-hand side. The inn is three storeys tall and constructed of colour-washed brick. It has a moulded string at the first and second floor levels, which is painted stone, and a moulded cornice. The slate roof is divided into three sections by slightly projecting piers, with strings and cornice that break forward and over.
The upper floors have seven heavy barred windows, each with substantial moulded stone surrounds. On the ground floor, there are two flat angular bays flanking a six-panel door that has a plain rectangular fanlight above it, all under a 19th-century cornice hood that spans the centre and left side of the front. The glazing has been altered. To the right, there is a large three-centred arched stable entry with a projecting surround, and the first-floor string is broken upwards and over, featuring projecting springers and a key block. The windows above this arch are coupled. There is also a secondary door at the right-hand corner, with one window above on the upper floors.
The Black Swan Inn, along with Nos 21 to 24, forms a group of significant buildings.
Local climate
The Black Swan Inn receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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.
- No sale records on file
- 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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