Sawmill
Sawmill, Dunham Park, Dunham Massey
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1067903
- Date first listed:
- 05-Mar-1959
- List Entry Name:
- Sawmill
- Statutory Address:
- Sawmill, Dunham Park, Dunham Massey
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 1999-09-05
- Reference:
- IOE01/01739/34
- Rights:
- © Mr F. Bryan Basketter. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1067903
- Date first listed:
- 05-Mar-1959
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 12-Jul-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Sawmill
- Statutory Address 1:
- Sawmill, Dunham Park, Dunham Massey
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Sawmill, Dunham Park, Dunham Massey
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Trafford (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Dunham Massey
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 73457 87247
Details
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
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 212850
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 18 Greater Manchester,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 09-Jun-2026 at 13:16:29.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.