THE OLD SWAN INN
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1104346
Date first listed: 12-Jan-1983
Date of most recent amendment: 26-Nov-1998
Statutory Address: THE OLD SWAN INN, 35 AND 37, HIGH STREET
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Location
Statutory Address: THE OLD SWAN INN, 35 AND 37, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Gloucestershire
District: Cheltenham (District Authority)
National Grid Reference: SO 95245 22116
Summary
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
CHELTENHAM
SO9522SW HIGH STREET
630-1/14/401 (North East side)
12/01/83 Nos.35 AND 37
The Old Swan Inn
(Formerly Listed as:
HIGH STREET
(North East side)
Nos.35 AND 37)
II
Inn. c1810-1820, recorded as trading by 1820 and shown on the
Post Office Map of 1820, with later additions and alterations
including c1980s extension to rear (not included). Stucco over
brick with concealed roof and stacks; wrought-iron window
guards.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 3 first-floor windows. Stucco detailing
includes ground-floor rustication drawn into voussoirs above
windows and carriage arch, first-floor band surmounted by 4
Doric pilasters with incised decoration; incised lines around
first-floor windows and incised 'Greek key' motif around
second-floor windows. First floor has 6/6 sashes, second floor
has 3/3 sashes, ground floor has 1/1 sashes, all in plain
reveals, those to ground floor in cambered-arched recessed.
Off-centre left entrance a 6-panel door with overlight.
Carriage arch, now with double, part-glazed doors in
elliptically-arched surround. Band and blocking course with
copings (cornice missing). Right return has 6/6 and 8/8 sash.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: first-floor trellis window guards, also
to return.
HISTORICAL NOTE: shown on Merrett's 1834 Map as the Old Swan
Inn.
(Sampson A and Blake S: A Cheltenham Companion: Cheltenham:
1993-: 104; Chatwin A: Cheltenham's Ornamental Ironwork:
Cheltenham: 1975-1984: 24).
Listing NGR: SO9525822138
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 474751
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Chatwin, A, Cheltenhams Ornamental Ironwork, (1975-1984), 24
Sampson, A, Blake, S , A Cheltenham Companion, (1993), 104
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing