Swan Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1967. A Early Modern Farmhouse.
Swan Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- low-bailey-evening
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1967
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Period
- Early Modern
- Address
- Swan Farmhouse, Knutsford Road, Cranage
- OS grid reference
- SJ 754 683
- Coordinates
- 53.21199, -2.36969
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Swan Farmhouse is a late 17th-century farmhouse located on Knutsford Road in Cranage. It is constructed of brown brick and whitened old brick, topped with a stone slate roof that is laid with diminishing courses. The building has two storeys and an attic, featuring three bays, and includes a two-span wing at the rear, creating an "L" shaped plan.
The entrance boasts a six-panel door, with the upper three panels raised, fielded, and bolection moulded, while the lower panels are bead and flush. This door is set in a chamfered frame with a central mullion overlight. The windows are two-light flush casements with glazing bars, and there is a projecting brick band at the first floor level. The rear door is cross boarded and fitted to a heavy dowelled frame with strap hinges. The farmhouse has gable end and mid-ridge stacks.
Inside, the property features two-panel Jacobean style doors and wide boarded doors on strap hinges, along with an inglenook fireplace. The ceilings have chamfered beams, including a cross beam arrangement in the parlour. A Jacobean style staircase showcases spiral turned balusters, double width newel posts, and a heavy moulded handrail. On the first floor, there are single and two-panel doors on strap hinges, with more chamfered beams. The attic contains collar trusses, oak chamfered purlins, a ridge tree, and original rafters.
Local climate
Swan Farmhouse receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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