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| Name: | SWAN HOTEL, 1 High Street |
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| HER No.: | 1241 |
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| Type of Record: | Listed Building |
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Summary
Hotel built 1794-1796, replacing the earlier Swan Inn, which was a little closer to the High Street. Later extensions and alterations.
Full Description
Built for Francis, 5th Duke of Bedford, by Henry Holland. Stone, 3 storey and attics. West front has 3 3-light double hung sashes with ground floor stone mullions, 1st floor wooden mullions and slightly sunk segmental heads. Doorway has marginal lights and intricate traceried segmental fan. Tetrastyle Ionic porch with balustraded roof. Welsh slate roof has modillion cornice, central pediment with lunette in panel. South front has 2 1st floor canted wooded oriels, Interior has good late Cl7 stair- case said to have come from Houghton Conquest.
Protected Status: None recorded
Monument Type(s):
- BUILDING (BDG DETAIL:NEO-CLASSICAL, 18th Century - 1794 AD to 1796 AD)
- BUILDING (BDG DETAIL:ORIEL, 18th Century - 1794 AD to 1796 AD)
- HOTEL (18th Century to Modern - 1794 AD to 2050 AD)
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
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