Old Black Swan is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1966. Public house. 6 related planning applications.
Old Black Swan
- WRENN ID
- woven-pavement-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1966
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Old Black Swan, 19, Market Place, Bedale, DL8 1ED
- OS grid reference
- SE 266 882
- Coordinates
- 54.28902, -1.59221
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Black Swan is a public house located on the east side of Bedale Market Place, dating from the mid-18th century. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond and features a stone slate roof. The building stands three storeys high and has four bays. The second bay contains a six-panel door, which is accompanied by a 20th-century porch supported by two columns, with a frieze and cornice. This door is flanked by two canted bay windows, each featuring a stone sill, a plinth, 16-pane sash windows, and 4-pane sashes on the sides, along with a frieze and cornice. The right-hand bay has another six-panel door set in a flush wood architrave with a flat brick arch above it. On the first floor, there are 16-pane sash windows, while the second floor has 8-pane sash windows, all with stone sills and flat brick arches. The building also features an eaves band and end stacks.
Local climate
Old Black Swan receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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 — 6 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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