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Sawmill

A Grade II* Listed Building in Dunham Massey, Trafford

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Latitude: 53.3814 / 53°22'53"N

Longitude: -2.4005 / 2°24'1"W

OS Eastings: 373457

OS Northings: 387247

OS Grid: SJ734872

Mapcode National: GBR CYPB.3L

Mapcode Global: WH98V.385L

Plus Code: 9C5V9HJX+HR

Entry Name: Sawmill

Listing Date: 5 March 1959

Last Amended: 12 July 1985

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1067903

English Heritage Legacy ID: 212850

ID on this website: 101067903

Location: Park View, Trafford, Greater Manchester, WA14

County: Trafford

Civil Parish: Dunham Massey

Traditional County: Cheshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester

Church of England Parish: Bowdon St Mary the Virgin

Church of England Diocese: Chester

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Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 06/01/2020

SJ 78 NW
6/91

DUNHAM MASSEY
DUNHAM PARK
Sawmill

(formerly listed as High Towncorn Mill)

5.3.59

GV
II*
Watermill, originally a cornmill, converted to a sawmill in mid C19. Possibly 1616 for "old" Sir George Booth, but definitely pre 1697. English garden wall bond brickwork with stone dressings and graduated stone slate roof. Two storeys plus attic. Stone plinth, stone quoins and coped gables with kneelers.

South elevation has a semi-circular stone arched waterwheel housing flanked on either side by stone buttresses; three two-light and three three-light double-chamfered stone mullion windows (some later) with leaded casements and two gables (although the main roof runs longitudinally). Each end elevation has an oeil-de-boeuf within the gable which was added in 1756 when some other alterations were made. The north side has a small projecting wing with stone dressed oeil-de-boeuf and a shaped brick chimney shaft to the carpenter's shop. Door openings occur in each elevation. The other window openings appear to be of a later date. Each storey is divided into two rooms by a half-timbered partition. On the ground floor is the overshot waterwheel (reconstructed) in one room and a lathe in the other. On the first floor (which because of the crossfall has access at ground level) is the carpenter's shop in one room and frame saw, wood-boring machine and circular saw in the other. The attic is reached by a central flight of steps and formerly housed the granary.

A rare and well preserved example of a C17 watermill which was restored and much of the machinery re-constructed in 1980, resulting in a fine working example.

Listing NGR: SJ7345787247

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