Listed Building record MDO13632 - Swan Hotel, Market Place, Sturminster Newton

Mid eighteenth century hotel. Built of brick (basically Flemish bond but extensive use made of rubbed and gauged brickwork together with header bond in vitrified brick). Has a tiled roof with brick stacks and an unusual classical façade, where two central bays carry a pediment. The two outer bays are flanked by Doric pilasters bearing Tudor roses; the abaci of which are continuous with an eaves cornice. Similar pilasters flank the two central bays but a central pilaster carries a complete Doric entablature into the tympanum of the pediment.

ST78621415. The Swan Inn has an 8-bay West front in which the 2 middle bays and 2 end bays are emphasised by Doric pilasters enriched by Tudor roses in moulded brickwork. <1-2>

<1> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 279 (Monograph). SDO136.

<2> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 407 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 888665 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 23 2024 3:14PM