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Date of photo: 1970s	Picture source: Hania Franek
The Swan Inn was situated on The Street. Planning permission was granted in November 2020 for change of use of this grade-II listed pub to residential use, following the Covid lockdown.
Listed building details:
Part of inn. C16 core with remodelling of 1759 as dated. Timber-framed, encased in C18 red brick with rusticated painted brick quoins. Plaintiled roof with two gabled casement dormers with leaded lights; the plaster gable of the right-hand dormer bears the faint date 1759. A large C18 axial chimney of red brick and an internal end chimney to left with parapet gable. 2 storeys and attics. 3 windows. 3 C18 3-light casements at 1st storey with leaded lights. Small-pane c19 cashes at ground storey with cambered heads. A flat-roofed mid C20 splayed bay. To left is an C18/C19 4-panelled entrance door with small oblong fanlight. Another entrance has a C20 8-panelled door with flat canopy. Above this entrance is a prominent plastered niche with rusticated quoins, designed to house a statue. One ground storey ceiling has a heavy structure of early C16 type. The roof appears to have been raised in C18.
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Picture source: Hania Franek
Picture source: Hania Franek