Description

SE 50 NE
7/59
3.11.86

BENTLEY WITH ARKSEY
MILL GATE
(east end),
Bentley
Bentley Mill

II

Water mill, C17, raised and altered in C19 and with C20 addition. Rubble
magnesian limestone with ashlar and brick dressings, C20 pantile roof.
3 storeys, 2 bays; 1-storey, 1-bay C20 addition on right not of special
interest. Large quoins to half height. Large chamfered, quoined doorway on
left has deep two-piece lintel with cambered soffit; a bricked-up 3-light
double-chamfered mullioned window on its right. 1st floor: two C19 windows
with brick jambs and cambered brick arches; shaft mounting in wall between,
2nd floor: similar windows, that on right with arch missing. C19 kneelers
with older gable copings, end stack on right. Rear: C17 doorway on right
with chamfered, quoined surround and segmental-arched lintel; ashlar wheel-
pit lining on left. Right return (within addition) has fragment of mullioned
window to ground floor.

Interior: gutted by fire. C17 recesses flank the front mullioned window
remnants of C17 fireplace to right end wall; C20 roof structure.

Listing NGR: SE5702905743

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26444332

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)