Listed Building: The White Swan Public House and attached carriage arch (11/130)

Public house. C17 origins, partly reconstructed early/mid C19. Finely squared and coursed limestone with Collyweston slate roof. Originally 3-unit plan with central cross wing. 2 storeys with attic. 3-window range with gabled cross-wing to centre. 4-light, ovolo-moulded stone mullion window, with king mullions, to first floor centre. Similar 3-light window to attic above. Two, 2-light stone mullion windows to ground floor of cross-wing are probably C16 re-used, with arch-head lights, deep reveals and hood moulds with square label stops. Similar 3-light windows to ground and first floor of flanking bays. Centre doorway now blocked, C20 door to far right. Ashlar quoins to all corners and ashlar stack at ridge. C19 single-storey range attached to left, has blocked arch with 4-centred head, to left, and roofed carriage arch to right. Rear elevation similar, with lateral ashlar stack. Interior has chamfered and hollow moulded beams and fireplace with 4-centred arch-head. Also noted as having staircase with turned balusters in C17 style. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p86)

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Jul 5 2021 10:27AM