Swan Cottage has been much altered as a result of a fire in the 1970s. It is no longer thatched but still has external evidence of a bread oven. It was, for a time, home to the village post office, one of a number of houses in the village to have had that distinction.

Listed building

The building was listed in 1975 with listing particulars as follows.

SP 83 NE MILTON KEYNES MILTON KEYNES VILLAGE 4/81 No.23 Swan Cottage II House. C17 or early C18 altered. Partly timber framed, covered in painted rendering. Tiled roof with 1 3-light dormer and chimney to RH gable. Irregular modern casements. Extension to LH rebuilt after fire 1977. 1 storey extension to RH with 1 3-light casement.