Old Swan House, Wall, Railings And Gate Piers

Old Swan House is a former inn that has been converted into a house, located at the end of a row in Great Rissington. It dates from the mid to late 18th century and has a later extension. The building features an ashlar facade, while the rest is made of roughly squared and dressed limestone. It has a stone slate roof, and the stumps of the ashlar stacks were rebuilt in the 20th century using small blocks of reconstructed stone. The house has a rectangular plan with a single bay extension at the right gable and later extensions at the rear left, including a 20th-century extension that is not of special interest.

The building is two storeys high with a symmetrical, three-windowed facade, which is lit by two and three-light hollow-chamfered stone-mullioned casements. There is a band between the floors. The central entrance features a 19th-century four-panelled door, with the upper two panels being glazed, set within a flat-chamfered surround. At the front, there is a gabled open-sided porch supported by fluted columns on low pedestals, topped with a pointed finial at the apex of the porch gable.

To the right gable end, there is a 1.5 storey extension that slightly projects forward, featuring a large three-light metal casement with transoms on the ground floor and a blocked doorway with a timber lintel to the left. The upper floor has a rendered two-light dormer with horizontal glazing bars. On the left-hand return, there is a two-light hollow-chamfered stone mullioned casement, which may be reused. The gable ends of the main body have saddleback coping and kneelers, which continue down where the later extension projects forward. A moulded stone eaves cornice runs around the left gable end, and there are gable-end stacks on the main body. The interior has not been inspected.

In front of the house, there is an ashlar stone wall linked to the main body, which is low, up to 1 meter in height, topped with a simple cast iron railing. At the center of the wall, there are a pair of ashlar piers with moulded cappings and ball finials.