The White Swan, Rother St, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. CV37 6NH.
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greysman
N 52° 11.588 W 001° 42.572
30U E 588207 N 5783304
Two signs for one, the White Swan sports two signs, one at each end of its frontage.
Waymark Code: WMQ8G8
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/09/2016
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This Grade II listed hotel carries the date c.1450 although it was completely remodelled and a large back wing added in 1927.
The hotel has a timber-frame with plaster and brick infill, it has a tile roof with brick return lateral and cross-axial stacks. The old building is of a half-H plan with a single-storey infill. Of two storeys it has a four-window range and there are paired central gables with flanking gabled wings. A brick ground floor with tile gabled coping to the centre, timber-framed wings flank paired stuccoed gables. The entrance has a segmental head and plank door whilst the windows have wooden mullions and leaded glazing. There is a two-light window to the left and a four-light window to the right of the entrance, a five-light window to left end and a 1:4:1-light canted bay window to the right end. The 1st floor has three-light windows and a four-light window to right end. The right return has some exposed timber-framing and an original external lateral stack with offset shaft, the attached gateway has a tile pointed arch and iron gates.
Known as the King's House in 1560, it was owned by Robert Perrott, an innkeeper, who died in 1589, it has been an inn for most of its history and is now owned by Fullers.
The inn signs can be found above the second storey windows in the outer gables. They are white-painted cut-out stylised swans with gold-painted bill and wings held in an iron frame. The inn name is on a separate board below the swans, gold writing on black.