The Swan
THE SWAN, THE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1032026
- Date first listed:
- 23-Apr-1986
- List Entry Name:
- The Swan
- Statutory Address:
- THE SWAN, THE STREET
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1032026
- Date first listed:
- 23-Apr-1986
- List Entry Name:
- The Swan
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE SWAN, THE STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE SWAN, THE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- East Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Wissett
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 36638 79339
Details
TM 37 NE WISSETT THE STREET
5/76 The Swan -
- II
Former public house. Late C16, with late C17 alterations. 2 storeys, part with attic; 2-cell lobby-entrance plan. Timber-framed and rendered with thatched roof; an internal chimney-stack with a plain rebuilt red brick shaft. A small lean-to addition at the west end with a separate entrance, and a long lean-to on the rear wall. On the upper floor, 2 old 3-light casement windows with horizontal glazing-bars only, and a central 3-light casement window with Gothic details. 2 3-light casements with transome and pintle hinges to the ground floor and one similar 2-light window. C20 plank door, with a flat porch roof above supported by arched brackets. Frame in 5 bays, including a narrow bay for the chimney-stack stair and entry; framing and ceilings exposed inside. To the west of the stack the 2 bays are or irregular length, and it is possible that the house has been shortened. The walls have been raised slightly and a late C17 butt-purl in roof put on, although no difference in the eaves line is visible outside. The ground-floor ceiling joists are large, plain and unchamfered. Part of the rear wall has late C17 replacement framing. To the east of the stack, the ground floor ceiling has main beam and joists with chamfer and ogee-stops; blocked original window openings on the side and rear walls. On the upper floor, the cambered tie-beam has had long arched braces removed, and an upper ceiling, similar to that below, has been placed above wallplate level. On the front wall, a blocked original window with diamond mullions in situ. The roof above in 2 bays corresponding to the wall-bays, with diminished principals, clasped purlins and windbraces. 2 open fireplaces with timber lintels on the ground floor, and a small upper fireplace on the east side with an arched brick surround. Reversed braces in the gable walls.
Listing NGR: TM3663879339
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 282150
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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