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Latitude: 51.2354 / 51°14'7"N
Longitude: -0.5771 / 0°34'37"W
OS Eastings: 499434
OS Northings: 149434
OS Grid: SU994494
Mapcode National: GBR FCJ.JWY
Mapcode Global: VHFVM.Y68R
Plus Code: 9C3X6CPF+55
Entry Name: The Treadwheel Crane
Listing Date: 1 May 1953
Last Amended: 15 March 1988
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1377866
English Heritage Legacy ID: 289006
ID on this website: 101377866
Location: Guildford, Surrey, GU1
County: Surrey
District: Guildford
Electoral Ward/Division: Holy Trinity
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Guildford
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Surrey
Church of England Parish: Guildford Holy Trinity and St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Guildford
Tagged with: Architectural structure
SU 99 49SW GUILDFORD MILLBROOK
(West Side)
7/141
1/5/53 The Treadwheel Crane
(Formerly listed in
Friary Street as
Crane House)
II*
Treadwheel crane. Late C17/C18, repaired in C18 and C19, dismantled and re-erected
on present site in c.1970. Timber framed with oak weatherboard cladding and plain-
tiled roof. Two framed bays, one open with arched braces. Queen-strut clasped-
purlin roof to clad bay. Braced crane hoist to east with chain linking to main
treadwheel, approximately 5 metres in diameter and 1½ metres wide. The crane was
powered by two men in the treadwheel and was last used to transport the stone for
Guildford Cathedral (q.v.) in c.1960, and is believed to have been the last working
example in Great Britain.
The Treadwheel Crane is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, Surrey Monument Number 145.
Listing NGR: SU9943449434
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