Description

SO 60 NE AWRE CHURCH SQUARE, (north
side) BLAKENEY
3/118
Swan House

23.9.55

- II

Dwelling, formerly coaching house. C16 and later extensions or modifications.
Timber framed close-set studding in back wing and in rebuilt gable to south-
west, south-east-entrance-wing painted squared rubble, Welsh slate roofs.
T-shaped plan, with C18 wing attached also at right angles to south-east
front. Staircase in internal corner between north-east and north-west wings
rises to gable. Stacks to south-west and north-west gables. Entrance front
two storeys, 3-windowed, broad casements, and 12-light oak mullioned over
central 6-panel door with transome light, in heavy but simple frame, and
approached by 3 steps in semi-circle; C18 return wing, right. South-west
elevation, to garden: wing, left, with rebuilt timber-framed gable; principal
wing, right three storeys, 2-windowed, set wide on either side of internal
stack, 1, 2 or 3-light casements with oak mullions all with simple stopped
drips, rendered; bottom right opening, formerly 3-light, retaining drip, now
small 2-light. Interior contains much heavy framing, and two-flight newel
stair with octagonal newel.

Listing NGR: SO6727607075

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26414100

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