Description

WORLINGWORTH SWAN ROAD
TM 26 NW
5/138
The Swan
- II
Public house. Mid C16 parlour end and stack, the remainder probably earlier.
C19 additions. Timber framed, mainly roughcast-rendered; at the front (facing
south) the ground floor is cased or rebuilt in C19 red brick. Scalloped
bargeboards. Thatched roof. 2 storeys and attic. 3-cell form. C19 casement
windows, 3 to ground floor, 2 to first floor; all have a single horizontal
glazing bar to each light. 2 mid C20 doors. Internal stack, the shaft
rebuilt in white brick. External stack to right gable end. Single storey red
brick and pantiled additions on each gable end; rear lean-to in colourwashed
brick. Modernised interior, especially the ground floor. The earlier
section, in 2 bays, has irregular, widely-spaced studding exposed on the upper
floor; the roof appears to be of common-rafter form, once hipped over the
service end. The parlour addition is slightly higher; there is a good intact
roof with one row of clasped purlins and 2-way wind braces.

Listing NGR: TM2241068247

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Swan Inn, Worlingworth at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26511320

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)