The Black Swan Inn And Maws Stores

The Black Swan Inn and Maws Stores is an inn that has been converted into both an inn and a shop. It is dated on the porch lintel to October 11, 1632, and was originally known as the Black Swan Hotel. The building was extended in the 18th century and subdivided in the late 19th century. It features a timber frame that is clad in coursed limestone, which is now whitewashed, along with brick and sandstone extensions, and has a pantile roof with brick stacks.

Originally, the structure had a two-cell, through-passage plan with a rear wing to the left, and it has seen further extensions to the left, right, and rear right. The building is two stories tall, with a central, projecting gabled porch and four first-floor windows. The right side has raised quoins. The porch is supported by four carved posts and features a first-floor room with a continuous band of round-headed windows beneath plain bargeboards. The current entrance to the inn is located at the center of the left part of the building. There are 19th and 20th-century openings on the ground floor, and to the right of the porch is a double-fronted shop window. The first-floor fenestration is irregular, with a five-light horizontal sliding sash under an original timber lintel to the left of the porch, and four-pane sashes to the right. The building has coped gables and stacks at one end on the right and one at the center.

Inside, the timber framing from the original two-cell building can still be seen within the later stone walls. The original five-bay, king-post roof framing has also survived. In the inn bar to the right, there is a complete fireplace with a heck, bressumer, and a spice cupboard.