Description

BUXTON

SK0573SE BATH ROAD
616-1/4/50 (South side)
25/01/51 The Swan Public House
(Formerly Listed as:
HIGH STREET
White Swan Hotel)

GV II

Formerly known as: The Shoulder of Mutton CHURCH STREET.
Includes: The Swan Public House HIGH STREET.
Includes: The Swan Public House CHURCH STREET.
Public house, Late C18, altered and extended C19 and C20.
Limestone with ashlar dressings and slate roof and stone
stacks.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys. Bath Road front has 3 irregular windows
and 3 irregular gables, the central one slightly recessed and
the outer ones broader with coping and kneelers. Off-centre
doorway with narrow overlight and to right a 2/1 sash, then
another doorway with overlight and a plain sash. Above central
4-light cross casement with small plain sash to left and large
bowed 5-light cross casement. Above again 3 different plain
sashes.
Church Street front has 3 irregular windows. Off-centre
doorway with C20 glazed door and ashlar surround with hood
with to right 3-light casement with ashlar surround and
mullions. To left 2 single light casements in ashlar
surrounds. Above door a 2-light casement, blank to right, with
tiny window to left and plain sash beyond. Above again 3 plain
sashes.
Rear: separately roofed elements; the gable to left with
catslide roof and several blocked openings, the gable end to
right with coping and kneelers at eaves level.
INTERIOR: much altered.
This building is in an important position closing the south
end of High Street.
(Leach J: The Story of Buxton: 1990-).

Listing NGR: SK0573973002

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26550523

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  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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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)