Survey Data
Reg No
22404004
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Mill (water)
Date
1840 - 1940
Coordinates
203379, 161902
Date Recorded
17/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached mill, built c.1850, reconstructed c.1930. Now disused and used for storage. Comprises two-bay three-storey block with later single-bay three-storey addition to east and two-bay two-storey addition to north. Pitched slate roof to main block, with stone eaves course, louvred roof vent and ornamental weathervane, and curved corrugated-iron roof to northern addition. Rubble limestone walls to main block, with mass concrete to northern addition and upper half of east part of main block. Square-headed openings with fixed timber windows. Square and segmental-headed doorways in northern addition with metal and battened timber doors. Site also contains mill race, sluice gates and stone single-span round-arch bridge.
Appraisal
This former mill is a reminder of the industrial heritage which was associated with the surrounding area. The mill retains many interesting features and materials, such as the mill race, sluice gates, water wheel, which all demonstrate its former use.