Building record 1212211000 - THE SWAN PUBLIC HOUSE, LONDON END

Summary

Late sixteenth or seventeenth century timber-framed inn known as The Swan, The Old Swan or The Old White Swan, on London End

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Listed Building (II) 1124574: THE SWAN PUBLIC HOUSE (DBC1498)

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Type and Period (2)

INN (First mentioned 1675, 16th Century to 17th Century - 1500 AD? to 1699 AD?)
(Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (16th Century to 17th Century - 1500 AD? to 1699 AD?)

Description

Grade II. Late C16/C17. Partly refronted and much restored. One original gable timber-framed with brick nogging; colourwashed brick; machine tile roof, chimney on ridge. Two storeys. First floor with one modern 3-light casement in the gable and 2 similar under gables projecting into the roof. Ground floor with, on left hand, one modern 3-light window with mullions and transom, a door with timber hood on brackets, one 3-light bay window and one sash window (B1).
The Old Swan is first documented in 1675 (B2).

Sources (2)

<1>SBC4001 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: DISTRICT OF SOUTH BUCKS. p30.
<2>SBC27282 Bibliographic reference: Beaconsfield and District Historical Society. 2011. Britain in Old Photographs: Beaconsfield. pp26, 31.

Location

Grid reference	SU 94746 90128 (point)
Civil Parish	BEACONSFIELD, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire