Swan, Stratford St. Mary

This black–and-white half–timbering pub is all that remains of a former coaching inn on the old A12 that covered the whole of the car park. It was reduced in size as a result of a fire in the late 1800s and there is an early 20th century flat roof extension at the rear. It appears to have been refurbished in the inter-war period and retains a number of fittings from that time in three rooms.

From a brick floored front lobby there are bars to the left and right. The Drovers Bar on the right has a 1930s bar counter (newer top), a large 1930s brick fireplace, some wall benches but the bar back is modern.

The Swan Bar on the left has a screeded floor, another 1930s bar counter, a large brick fireplace with a fireback that has a date of 1635 on it, but the bar back is modern. A low beamed herringbone passageway from the left bar leads to the toilets at rear. On the rear left is a doorway to a small low beamed dining room which has a floor of red brick-shaped tiles laid parquet-style.