Listed Building record TQ 84 NW 224 - THE SWAN PUBLIC HOUSE, Sutton Valence

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1899

Location

Grid reference TQ 8141 4923 (point)
Map sheet TQ84NW
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish SUTTON VALENCE, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
SUTTON VALENCE BROAD STREET TQ 8049-8149 (north side) 7/112 The Swan Public House 20.10.52 GV II
Public house. C15 with C19 facade. Timber framed. Ground floor clad with painted brick, left end of ground floor rendered. First floor weatherboarded. Plain tile roof. Open hall of 2 timber-framed bays with storeyed bay to each end; possibly a Wealden. 2 storeys and cellar on irregular plinth. Continuous jetty, stepped up across 2 central bays. Steeply pitched roof hipped to right, hip returning with lower ridge. Lower ridge over left end bay, with main roof hipped down to it. Rear stack to left end and to rear of right hall bay. Irregular fenestration of 4 casements; one 2-light to left bay, one 3-light to each central bay, and one 4-light to slightly broader right bay. C19 canted bays to ground floor. 4 doors; one panelled, up 5 steps, to right end of left bay, one half- glazed to each end of left hall bay up 5 steps and 4 steps respectively, and one half-glazed door up 2 steps to right end of right hall bay. Rear return wing added to right. Interior: only partly inspected. Exposed framing. Hollow-chamfered beams. Doorhead with solid spandrels.
Listing NGR: TQ8141349240 (1)


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2013, The Swan Inn, Sutton Vallence, Kent, An Historic buildings appraisal (Unpublished document). SKE30932.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2013. The Swan Inn, Sutton Vallence, Kent, An Historic buildings appraisal.

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: The Swan Inn, Sutton Vallence, Kent, An Historic building appraisal (Ref: Archive No: 3295) (EKE14330)

Record last edited

Aug 26 2015 12:09PM