This building was probably built around 1600, an earlier will of 1498 said John Norfolk bequeathed to his son 'a house (sometimes misread as 'alehouse') now called Le Swan but of old called Quylters'. The house goes back still further for there is a reference to Quylters (described as 'a tenement') in a Court Roll of 1361. Another record goes back even earlier, showing one owner died 'tempore pestilence,' (i.e. from the Black Death) in 1349.

The public rooms are of around the year 1600, and the interior has exposed framing, beams and joists - an impressive array easily seen by stepping inside, where many other interesting artefacts from earlier centuries will be found.…