Description

SK 11 SW ALREWAS C.P. FRADLEY JUNCTION

3/11 The Swan and attached
- buildings
GV II

Inn, cottages and former warehouse. Circa 1770's. Red brick; slate
roof; brick ridge stack and integral end stacks. Aligned north-east/
south-west. facing south-east. 2 storeys; slightly irregular
fenestration but essentially 4:3:4 bays, casements with segmental heads,
central pedimented break, former warehouse to the left, inn and attached
cottage to the right. Central break has 3 segmental-headed arches at
ground-floor level leading to a central door, and a central first-floor
door; the former warehouse has a large double door to the left, and a
door to the right, both with segmental heads and a first floor door to
the left; the inn has a bay window to ground floor left, with hipped
roof, and a central door with pedimented porch, the attached cottage
has a half-glazed door. Mid-to-late C19 cottage attached to the
south-west (left) end facing south-west; 2 storeys; 3 windows,
segmental headed casements; central door. The Swan and its attached
buildings are the most prominent of an interesting group of structures
at the junction of the Trent and Mersey and Coventry canals. The Trent
and Mersey canal was completed in 1777; the surveyor-general was
James Brindley. Jean Lindsay, The Trent and Mersey Canal (1979).

Listing NGR: SK1403214030

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26290689

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)