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The Black Swan was situated at 319 High Street. This grade-II listed pub was present by 1794 and closed in the 1950s. It is now in retail use as a Holland & Barrett store.

On 14th August 1854 Joseph Young, labourer was accused at Lincoln Quarter Sessions of stealing a leather purse and £7 6s 6d from James Snelgrove, sergeant in the Coldstream Guards, billeted at the Black Swan.

Listed building details:

Former public house, now a shop. Early C19, with mid C20 alterations. Stucco front and slate roof. Moulded second floor panel inscribed "Black Swan". Bracketed eaves. 3 storeys, 2 bays. Full width shopfront with fascia, C20. Above, two 12-pane sashes and above again, two 6-pane sashes. Interior not inspected.

From Heritage Lincolnshire

319 High Street is a former public house constructed during the early C19, probably on the site of an earlier building. The establishment was trading as the Black Swan as early as 1826 when it is first listed in a local street directory. It operated as a pub until the early 1970s, at which point it was converted to use as a shop. The building is of painted and exposed red brick with a timber shopfront and a roof covering of slate. The principal range is of three storeys across two bays onto the High Street, under a pitched roof sloping towards the primary, west façade. Between the two sets of windows is a moulded panel bearing the raised lettering: BLACK SWAN. A passageway in the ground floor of the adjacent property (320 High Street) leads to a rear range running east from the principal, western range of number 319. This rear range steps down in stages from three storeys to one storey.

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Picture source: Chris Lightfoot

Picture source: Ron Clark