Description

CASTLE CARY CP UPPER HIGH STREET (North side)
ST6432
6/121 Mill building to Ansford Factory
GV II

Original mill building. 1851, for John Boyd, horsehair weaver. Hadspen stone cut and squared; Welsh slate roof between
coped gables, the south gable having a bell turret, the bell removed. Three storeys, 13 bays. Casement windows of 16
panes in plain openings with proud-set voussoirs and keystones to flat arches: lower bay 1, and second floor above, has
pairs plain boarded doors, and matching doors lower bay 13. Second floor door and steel fire escape on north gable.
Interior not greatly modified. The first building on this site of John Boyd's horsehair and general weaving
establishment, relocated from South Cary (Chapel Yard House, qv) to the grounds of Ochiltree House (qv) in 1851.
(McGarvie M, Castle Cary: Avalon Industries, 1980).

Listing NGR: ST6433632500

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26307870

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)