Building record 1060300000 - THE OLD SWAN, HIGH STREET

Summary

Seventeenth century timber-framed thatched inn with later alterations and extensions, known as The Old Swan.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1117896: THE OLD SWAN (DBC2085)

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Type and Period (2)

  • INN (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

Grade II. Public house. C17, altered. Timber frame with diagonal braces and colourwashed brick infill. Ground floor of left bay rebuilt in colourwashed brick. Half-hipped thatch roofs, small brick chimney between left bays. L-plan. 1 ½ storeys, 3 bays. Irregular barred wooden windows. Left bay is gabled and projecting and has 3-light and 2-light casements with segmental heads to ground floor, a single light to right, and a 3-light casement to first floor. Right side has C20 tiled lean-to with door. Centre bay has 3-light casement to ground floor and small paired casement in thatch. Right bay has horizontal sliding sashes, 2 to ground floor, one above in gabled dormer. Board door to left of centre bay. Later extension set back to left is of colourwashed brick with half-hipped old tile roof and C20 3-light wooden casement. RCHM II p.84 Mon.9 (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC19041 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p2.

Location

Grid reference SP 92366 17046 (point)
Civil Parish CHEDDINGTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Feb 1 2023 12:45PM

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