Slip drying kiln and sheds to Cheddleton flint mill is a Grade II* listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1986. A 19th century Kiln and sheds. 3 related planning applications.
Slip drying kiln and sheds to Cheddleton flint mill
- WRENN ID
- pitched-chimney-primrose
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1986
- Type
- Kiln and sheds
- Address
- Slip drying kiln and sheds to Cheddleton flint mill, Cheadle Road, ST13 7HL
- OS grid reference
- SJ 972 526
- Coordinates
- 53.07082, -2.0431
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The slip drying kiln and sheds date from the early 19th century, with later 19th and 20th-century additions. The building is constructed of coursed stone and red brick, with a tiled roof and verge parapets to the west. A substantial chimney, approximately 10 metres high, is located at the rear.
The main block is single-storey with an attic, divided into two sections. The left-hand, earlier section is stone built and features a boarded door centrally placed, with a blocked small opening to its left. The right-hand section, built in two phases of brickwork, has a double door set against the butt joint dividing the two sections, and a further boarded door to the right. A raised drying floor for the kilns is located within a lean-to at the rear, extending along the centre length of the building and partially open to the north.
These buildings form part of the Cheddleton flint mill complex, which includes grinding mills and furnaces. The mill was used to fire, grind and bake-dry flint to produce ‘slop,’ a mixture used in the 19th century to make durable, finely-textured tiles and pottery for the nearby industrial towns. The buildings are situated in a close and visually attractive group.
Local climate
Slip drying kiln and sheds to Cheddleton flint mill receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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