The Swan Public House
THE SWAN PUBLIC HOUSE, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1175876
- Date first listed:
- 15-Jun-1971
- List Entry Name:
- The Swan Public House
- Statutory Address:
- THE SWAN PUBLIC HOUSE, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1175876
- Date first listed:
- 15-Jun-1971
- List Entry Name:
- The Swan Public House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE SWAN PUBLIC HOUSE, HIGH 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 PUBLIC HOUSE, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- St. Albans (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Wheathampstead
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 17706 13915
Details
TL 11 SE WHEATHAMPSTEAD HIGH STREET (west side) WHEATHAMPSTEAD
6/430 The Swan P.H.
15.6.71
GV II
Public House. Built c.1500 with an open hall of 2 bays and a bay each end. 2-storey wing added on S mid-late C17. Refronted in early-mid C19. Red brick ground floor, roughcast upper floor. Plain tile roof. 2 blocks, the northerly one single storey and attics. Large mid-late C17 red brick chimney stack on S end with coped off-sets and corbelled-out caps. The front has 3 canted window bays to the ground floor, the southerly two with sash windows. N block has a central door with reeded panels and cut bracket hood. Above this a sash window. C17 ridge stack. Internally, the S end has ovolo moulded floor beams. Low- ceilinged c.1500 bay between the S end and the centre, which has a C17 chamfer-stopped beam and a large inglenook. Early-mid C19 rear extension on S. (RCHM Typescript).
Listing NGR: TL1770613915
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 163979
- 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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