Description

WILBY THE STREET
TM 27 SW

3/154 The Swan
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GV II

Former public house. First half of C15 with later alterations. Timber
framed, mid C20 panelled plasterwork with ropework pargetting. Roof
plaintiled to front and pantiled to rear. 1½ storeys. 3-cell type containing
former open hall. 3 windows, C19 casements with hoodmoulds. Lobby entrance
with 4-panel door (the upper 2 panels glazed). 3 gabled dormers. Internal
stack, the lower part rendered over. Lean-to addition on left gable end and a
later wing (altered) to rear. Inside there is an original blocked cross-entry
doorway with 2-centred arch. A similar doorway in the service partition may
not be in situ. Open truss has arched-braced cambered tie beam (cut through):
this once supported a crown-post roof, now gone. Part of one diamond-
mullioned hall window is visible. Inserted floor has plain joists. C16 stack
and newel stair against upper end of hall. Parlour cell is probably C16:
chamfered-joist ceiling with barred stop-chamfers to bridging beam; plain
first floor studding.

Listing NGR: TM2407972048

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26477004

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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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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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)