The Old Swinging Gate Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1967. A C17 Inn, house.
The Old Swinging Gate Inn
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-frieze-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1967
- Type
- Inn, house
- Address
- The Old Swinging Gate Inn, Seahill Road, Saughall and Shotwick Park
- OS grid reference
- SJ 360 699
- Coordinates
- 53.22273, -2.95994
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Swinging Gate Inn is a former inn, now a house, dating from the 17th century or earlier, with an exterior that reflects early 18th-century style and mid-19th-century window features. The building is constructed of washed brick set on a solid rock base, topped with a Welsh slate roof and featuring three brick chimneys. It has an L-shaped plan and is two stories high with a four-bay front. The first floor displays a brick bond, while the windows are four-pane sashes set under cambered brick heads. The second bay includes a simple wooden doorcase with a partly glazed door, which is reached by seven steps with concrete treads. Although the interior was not inspected, timber framing is visible in the hall, and there is a reported rock-cut cellar.
Local climate
The Old Swinging Gate Inn receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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