Description

SO 3858 - 3958; 10/86

PEMBRIDGE CP,
WEST STREET (north side),
Swan House and School View

25.3.87

GV

II*

Hall-house, now divided into two tenements. C14 with late C16 or early C17
inserted floor, extensively altered during late C19 and C20. Timber-framed
core refaced with brick on sandstone rubble plinth; Welsh slate roof. Hall
of six bays with later stacks added to east and west gable ends; entrances
to south front. Two storeys. Swan House to left with two 9-pane C20 glazing
barn sash windows on first floor; 12-pane glazing bar sash windows flank 5-
panelled door with plain overlight. School View to right with three small
2-light casement windows on first floor and two 2-light casement windows to
left of ledged door with lean-to porch below. Interior of Swan House
reveals moulded main posts of earlier core with moulded and embattled wall-
plate. Five trusses with moulded tie-beams formerly arch-braced (these
have been cut), moulded collars and cusped struts, two tiers of moulded
purlins and two tiers of cusped wind-bracing. Smoke blackened trusses.
The inserted cross-beamed ceiling has steeply chamfered beams. Open fire-
place with chamfered surround.

Listing NGR: SO3892858139

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17538081

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Recommended Books

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)