Old Swan House, Wall, Railings And Gate Piers

GREAT RISSINGTON LEASOW LANE SP 1917-2017 9/183 Old Swan House, wall, railings and gate piers 25.8.60 GV II Former inn, now house at the end of a row. Mid-late C18 with later extension. Ashlar facade, otherwise coursed roughly squared and dressed limestone. Stone slate roof. Stumps of ashlar stacks rebuilt C20 in small blocks of reconstructed stone. Rectangular plan with a single bay extension at the right gable. Later extensions rear left. C20 extension rear left not of special interest. Two storeys, symmetrical, 3-windowed facade lit by 2 and 3-light hollow-chamfered stone-mullioned casements. Band between floors. Central C19 four-panelled door (with the upper 2 panels glazed) within a flat-chamfered surround. Gabled open-sided porch with fluted columns on low pedestals at the front. Pointed finial at the apex of the porch gable. 1 1/2 storey extension breaks forwards slightly at the right gable end. Large 3-light metal casement with transoms to the ground floor. Blocked doorway with a timber lintel to the left. Rendered 2-light dormer with horizontal glazing bars to the upper floor. Two-light hollow-chamfered stone mullioned casement to the left-hand return (possibly reused). Saddleback coping and kneeler at the gable ends of the main body (continued down where the later extension projects forwards). Moulded stone eaves cornice continued around the left gable end. Gable-end stacks to the main body. Interior not inspected. Ashlar stone wall across front of and linked to the main body. Low wall up to 1m in height with a simple cast iron railing at the top. Pair of ashlar piers with moulded cappings and ball finials at the centre.

Listing NGR: SP1993217580