Swan Inn
SWAN INN, 26, BANK STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1338242
- Date first listed:
- 25-Oct-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Swan Inn
- Statutory Address:
- SWAN INN, 26, BANK STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1338242
- Date first listed:
- 25-Oct-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Swan Inn
- Statutory Address 1:
- SWAN INN, 26, BANK 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:
- SWAN INN, 26, BANK STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Braintree (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TL7571623148
Details
TL 7523
1/92
25.10.51
BRAINTREE
BANK STREET (east side)
No 26, Swan Inn
II*
A late C16 timber-framed and plastered building with a cross wing at the
south end, built on an L-shaped plan with a long wing extending east on Swan
Side. This wing has most original features and is the most interesting part
of the building. The west front is much altered. 2 storeys, the upper storey
is jettied at the south end, now with sham timber-framing. The north end (No 26)
is roughcast on the upper storey and has a C20 shop front on the ground storey.
Originally the whole front was jettied. 4 window range, 2 double-hung sashes
with glazing bars, in flush cased frames and 2 casements (one with glazing bars).
The south front has original exposed timber-framing. The first storey has 1
double-hung sash with vertical glazing bars and small original casements on
either side under the eaves with square mullions set diagonally (now blocked).
The ground storey has a blocked doorway with an ogee headed lintel. The east
wing, which sets back from the south front of the cross wing, is jettied on
the upper storey, with exposed timber-framing. 2 window range, double-hung
sashes with vertical glazing bars. In the centre of the 1st storey, under the
eaves there are original casements with square mullions set diagonally (now
blocked). The extreme east end of the wing was raised later in the C16 to form
a cartway through the ground storey, with arched bracing. The bressumer of
the upper storey is engraved with the initials EWW and the date 1590. Roofs
tiled. RCHM(48).
Listing NGR: TL7571623148
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 113636
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
An Inventory of Essex Central and South West, (1921)
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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