Description

ATHERSTONE CHURCH STREET
SP3097 (South-east side)
9/21 The New Swan Inn
25/03/68
GV II
Public house. C18, remodelled early/mid C19. Brick with stuccoed front and right
return side. Plain tile roof, hipped to right, has deep boxed eaves; rebuilt
brick ridge stack. Triple-depth plan. 3 storeys; 3 bays. Front to Church Street
is largely symmetrical and has banded rustication to ground floor, and scored
stucco with alternating quoins to upper floors. Double-leaf sash doors with
blocked overlight in projecting simple Tuscan doorcase with pilasters and
entablature. Ground floor has bay windows with 16-pane sash to front and curved
8-pane sashes to sides. Narrower canted bay above on left; large canted bay
above on right. No central or second-floor windows. Left return side of
colourwashed brick has irregular gabled ranges. Right return side to Derby Lane
is a 3-window range. Left corner has 16-pane sash in projecting surround with
simple Tuscan pilasters and entablature. Recessed C20 door and two C20 windows.
Upper floors have sashes, 6-pane to second floor. Interior has some chamfered
beams, one with an ogee stop.

Listing NGR: SP3079197866

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26286337

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Recommended Books

• 
  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)