Description

POTTERSPURY CHURCH END
SP7642 (West side)
15/98 Mill House, Mill Cottage and
09/07/75 Mill Wheel
(Formerly listed as
Potterspury Mill (The Old
Hill))

GV II

Water mill and mill house, now converted into 3 dwellings. c.1850-60 with C20
alterations. Coursed limestone rubble, slate roof, brick ridge and end stacks.
3-storey, 5-window mill and 2-storey, 3-window mill house. The latter has 2-unit
plan. Mill and mill house are both under sane roof. Former mill (Hill House) has
C20 windows and door in original openings with round-arched brick heads.
Slate-hung gabled hoist over centre above eaves. Red-brick lean-to extension to
right. Former mill house to left (Mill Cottage) on higher ground has central C20
door and 12-pane sash windows to ground and 1st floor, except for small central
1st floor window, all with segmental-arched brick heads. Brick corbelled eaves
to whole block. Gabled wing to rear of former mill (Mill Wheel) has similar
fenestration, probably former engine house, with tall rebuilt red-brick chimney
adjacent. No machinery survives. Originally water-powered, the mill also had
steam power. Built to serve the Grafton estate.

Listing NGR: SP7613943290

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26293581

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Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Old House Care and Repair