Description

1.
5272 CHARING HIGH STREET
(east side)
Elizabethan Court
(Nos 1 to 8 (consec))
(formerly listed as
The Old Swan Hotel)
TQ 9549 22/15 14.2.67
II GV
2.
Formerly the Old Swan Hotel. C17. Two storeys and attic in the north gable.
Red brick and grey headers on a cemented base. Tiled roof with gable at each
end. Above the ground floor is a pattern of machicolation in bricks simulating
an overhang. Four casement windows with brick dripstones over the end first
floor windows. Three small modern bays on ground floor. Doorcase, at the
head of 5 steps with iron handrail, having fluted pilasters, projecting cornice
over, semi-circular fanlight and 6 panelled doors. Projecting iron bracket
from which the inn sign once hung. At the south corner of the front is a wooden
post from which presumably another inn sign hung. Interior contains chamfered
beams.

Listing NGR: TQ9532449460

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26481118

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