Description

MARRICK MARRICK SMELTING
SE 09 NE
Mills
17/69 Upper Mill (Formerly
listed as Marrick Upper
9.12.69 Mill (and chimney)
GV II
Lead smelting mill. Possibly 1782 but may be later. Rubble, largely of drystone
construction. Rectangular in plan, single storey. Projecting through-stones.
Flat-headed doorway. Interior: 2 segmental arches in ashlar sandstone for rever-
beratory hearths, from which rises a chimney. This is in plan a large rectangle,
and has a section in brickwork, indicating 2 stages of heightening. There is
a wheelchamber behind the chimney for a waterwheel about 7 metres in diameter.
One the site of a smelting mill in existence at least by 1782, built around the
chimney of Lower Mill (qv). (Arthur Raistrick, The Lead Industry of Wensleydale
and Swaledale, 1975). Disused and in ruins at time of re-survey. Scheduled as
an Ancient Monument.

Listing NGR: SE0788199465

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26474455

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)