Latitude: 52.1935 / 52°11'36"N
Longitude: -1.7094 / 1°42'33"W
OS Eastings: 419960
OS Northings: 255066
OS Grid: SP199550
Mapcode National: GBR 4LT.DN3
Mapcode Global: VHBY0.B459
Plus Code: 9C4W57VR+96
Entry Name: White Swan Hotel
Listing Date: 25 October 1951
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1298498
English Heritage Legacy ID: 366371
Also known as: The White Swan Hotel
ID on this website: 101298498
Location: Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37
County: Warwickshire
District: Stratford-on-Avon
Civil Parish: Stratford-upon-Avon
Built-Up Area: Stratford-upon-Avon
Traditional County: Warwickshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Warwickshire
Church of England Parish: Stratford on Avon Holy Trinity
Church of England Diocese: Coventry
Tagged with: Hotel
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
SP1955SE ROTHER STREET 604-1/7/190 (North side) 25/10/51 White Swan Hotel
GV II
Hotel. Mid C15 and later; completely remodelled and large back wing added in 1927. Timber-frame with plaster infill and brick; tile roof with brick return lateral and cross-axial stacks. Half-H plan, with single-storey infill. 2 storeys; 4-window range. Paired gables with flanking gabled wings. Brick ground floor with tile gabled coping to centre, timber-framed wings flank paired stuccoed gables. Entrance has segmental head and plank door. Windows have wooden mullions and leaded glazing: 2-light window to left and 4-light window to right of entrance, 5-light window to left end and 1:4:1-light canted bay window to right end. 1st floor has 3-light windows, and 4-light window to right end. Right return has some exposed timber-framing and original external lateral stack with offset shaft; attached gateway with tile pointed arch and iron gates. INTERIOR: chamfered beams and exposed timber-framing; some original doorways with pointed or segmental heads. Wing to right has former jetty beam with mortises for 4+4-light window with diagonal mullions; late C16 panelling and chamfered stone Tudor-headed fireplace with overmantel with marquetry to 3 round-headed panels; part of an important series of late C16 mural paintings of scenes from the book of Tobit with foliage panels. Known as the King's House in 1560, owned by Robert Perrott, innkeeper, d.1589; it has been an inn for most of its history. (Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Warwickshire: Harmondsworth: 1966-: 420; VCH (offprint): Styles P: The Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon and the Parish of Alveston: London: 1946-: 13).
Listing NGR: SP1996055066
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