Swettenham Mill Swettenham, England

Listed Building Data

Swettenham Mill has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1231325
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II
Date Listed
14 February 1967
Name
SWETTENHAM MILL
Location
SWETTENHAM MILL, SWETTENHAM ROAD
Parish
Swettenham
District
Cheshire East
Grid Reference
SJ 81072 67154
Easting
381072.0000
Northing
367154.0000

Listed Building Description

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SWETTENHAM C.P. SWETTENHAM ROAD SJ 86 NW

5/43 Swettenham Mill

14.2.67

GV II

Water powered mill, 1675 (carved on timber beam at first floor) with additions 1714 (stone set low in wall) and 1765 (stone tablet high in brick gable). Brick nogged timber frame and brickwork formerly with stone slate roof now machine tiles. 3 storeys, 4 truss bays, a single bay return completes an "L" shaped plan. Timber framed south gable-end and parts of two return walls, timbers painted on brickwork. Main door (west) of boards on strap hinges. Flush casement windows. Lower parts of walls near wheel of sandstone blocks. The later dates have respectively the initials W.S. and T.S. accompanying them. Interior: The wheel is a modified overshot called a Pitchback where the water is held to the wheel for half its circumference. This drives five sets of stones but has also been adapted to power a saw and provide electricity. Oak beams and large ceiling joists. The roof has oak strutted trusses, purlins and ridge tree.

Listing NGR: SJ8107267154