Description

LAVENHAM HIGH STREET
1.
5377 (east side)
Swan Hotel
(that part formerly
listed as Swan Inn)
TL 9149 50/590 23.1.58
II* GV
2.
A timber-framed and plastered building probably of C14-C15 origin with
cross wings at the north and south ends with jettied upper storeys on
exposed joists. There is another small gable with a jettied upper storey
on the north of the south cross wing. Roofs tiled. The timber-framing
is mainly exposed on the west front and there is a return frontage on
Water Street with pargetted emblems of the wool trade (cf Nos 11 and
12 Church Street), the mitre, fleur-de-Lys and spur rowel. There are
also modern mullioned and transomed windows in old style. Two storeys
and extensive cellars. On the Water Street front there is a large gable
east of which has been restored and renovated, with exposed timber-framing
and mullioned and transomed windows in old style. Part of the ground
storey is faced in red brick.

Listing NGR: TL9154149173

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17533311

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Recommended Books

• 
  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
• 
  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Care and Repair