Swan Inn And Attached Stables

The Swan Inn, together with its attached stables, dates to the 17th and 18th centuries, with later remodelling in the late 19th century. The building is constructed of Ham Hill stone ashlar to the front facade, limestone rubble elsewhere, and has a slate roof with stone coping, moulded kneelers, and brick stacks to the gable ends. The plan is double-depth, with a rear wing extending to the right, continuing along the rear and left to enclose a courtyard.

The exterior presents a symmetrical three-storey, five-window facade. It features rusticated quoins and a plain eaves band. The windows are late 19th-century, with flat arches, incised keystones, and horned 2/2-pane sashes. An oak four-panel door with a tall overlight is set under a Tuscan-style porch with columns, cornice, and blocking course. To the rear is a courtyard with a 19th-century function room, featuring tongued-and-grooved wood panelling and four large 6/6-pane sashes. Connecting buildings of the 20th century link the inn to the stables to the left, which have a stone staircase and two segmental arches, now blocked. Although the earliest recorded building underwent remodelling, the facade may originate from the 18th century and now has a shallow-pitched roof and second-floor windows of the same height as those on the first floor. The stacks may date to the 18th century, featuring single rows on Ham Hill stone bases.

The interior of the hotel’s ground floor is in a 20th-century Tudor style; the upper floors are altered but contain four-panel doors. The stables retain six original stalls with diagonal plank divisions, swept tops, and chamfered newels, although they have been otherwise altered.

Historically, the inn was one of four most important hostelries in Crewkerne in 1751, described as "newly built" in 1774.