The Swan Inn is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1977. Public house. 2 related planning applications.
The Swan Inn
- WRENN ID
- leaning-loft-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 November 1977
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Swan Inn, Strand, Lympstone, EX8 5ET
- OS grid reference
- SX 989 841
- Coordinates
- 50.64792, -3.43119
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Swan Inn is a public house, formerly known as the Railway Inn, dating from the early 19th century. The building features blocked plaster, likely over brick, and has a gabled-end slate roof with heavy stone coping. It has a double-depth plan that has been significantly altered, with internal end stacks. The structure is two storeys high and has a front with a three-window range. The first floor includes 16-pane hornless sash windows, all equipped with external shutters. A central doorway is flanked by pilasters and a cornice, topped with a rectangular fanlight. On either side of the doorway are canted bay windows with 8:12:8 pane hornless sashes. The right end of the building has a leanto extension, while there are additional extensions on the left side and at the rear. The rear also features two 12-pane hornless sash windows on the first floor.
Local climate
The Swan Inn receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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 — 2 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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