Swinfen and Packington is a civil parish in the district of Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. It contains twelve buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the hamlet of Swinfen and the surrounding countryside. The listed buildings consist of three country houses and associated structures, farmhouses, and farm buildings.
A country house that was extended in the 19th century. It is in red brick with stone dressings, a blocking course and a cornice, and hipped tile roofs. The plan is around an open court, and has a front with two storeys and attics, a central block of five bays, and slight recessed flanking wings. The central block has pilasters, and a central pediment with dentils and a lunette in the tympanum. In the centre is a two-storey porch with quoins, a rusticated ground floor, a cornice, and a coat of arms finial. The windows are sashes with wedge lintels, those in the central block with keystones and aprons. The south front has six bays, a central recess, and a wrought ironcanopy.[2][3]
The granary and cart shed are in red brick, and have a tile roof with verge parapets. There is a single storey and attics, and an L-shaped plan, with a lean-to extension. The building contains a casement window with a segmental head, cart entries, and external stairs that have a dog kennel with a segmental head below the flight. In the left gable end are dove nesting boxes and ledges.[5]
The farmhouse is in rendered brick with a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and four bays. The windows are sashes with wedge heads and keystones, and there are four gableddormers.[7]
A country house, later a hotel, designed by Benjamin Wyatt in Baroque style, and extended in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is in red brick with stone dressings on a stone plinth and has a balustradedparapet and a flat roof. The entrance front has two storeys, six bays, a dentilledcornice with an attic storey above and another cornice, and a segmental pediment containing a cartouche. On the front are two giant Ionicpilasters, and the windows are sashes with moulded surrounds and keystones. The central doorway, approached by steps, has Tuscan columns, a triglyphfrieze, and a flat pediment. On the garden front is a semicircular projection with a balustraded parapet. In front of this is a balustraded terrace in Portland stone with two flights of concave steps. The 19th-century extension projects from the left part of this front; it has a front of six bays and sides of three bays.[8][9]
The barn is in red brick with corbelledeaves and a tile roof. It contains a threshing door, another doorway, and five tiers of vents. On the south gable end are external steps.[10]
A red brick farmhouse with dentilledeaves, and a tile roof with verge parapets on corbelled kneelers. There are two storeys and an attic, three bays, and a lower rear wing. The central doorway has a segmental head and a fanlight, the windows are casements with segmental heads, and there are three gableddormers. In the rear wing are two blocked elliptical-headed cart entrances.[11]
The barn is in red brick, and has a tile roof with verge parapets on corbelled kneelers. It contains a threshing door with a segmental head, six tiers of vents, a hay loft door.[12]
The buildings are in red brick on a stone plinth, with an eaves band and tile roofs. The stable has a single storey and a loft, and contains a stable door and a loft door, both with segmental heads. The former smithy is lower and to the north, and contains a segmental-headed entry.[13]
The malthouse is in red brick on a plinth, with dentilledeaves, and a tile roof with a copedgables. There are two storeys and a basement, six bays, and a kiln at the west. The openings include doorways, basement openings and windows, and in the upper storey are three loft doors.[14]
The wall, which runs along the northeast side of the garden, is in brick with stone coping. It is about 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) high and 150 metres (490 ft) long, and at each end is a curving balustradedparapet in Portland stone.[15]
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