Description

WENNINGTON SPOUT LANE SD 67 SW 5/191 Former Corn and Saw Mill with Smithy at Moss House GV II

The serial No shall be amended to read:- 5/194 In the penultimate line of the description -the (ref 5/192) shall be amended to read (ref 5/193)

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WENNINGTON SPOUT LANE SD 67 SW

5/191 Former Corn and Saw Mill with Smithy at Moss House

GV II

Former steam-powered saw mill, corn mill, smithy and ancillary rooms forming part of a model farm. Built 1845 by W.A.F. Saunders of Wennington Hall. Local coursed freestone;' blue Ulverston slate. Symmetrical 2-storeyed range, 2:4:2, the centre window bays under a gable, with slightly recessed lean-to extensions to left and right. Stone end stacks. Bays 2 and 7 with large elliptically headed keyed wagon entrances giving into saw mill/ joiners' shop and straw barn respectively, with opening above. Window and taking-in doorway to bays 1 and 8. Central block (corn mill to left, threshing/winnowing room to right each with separate doorways); openings to upper floors, some with sashes with small panes. Gable opening above datestone (eroded). Lean-to at left contained smithy with window above doorway; lean-to right contained cart shed, now with enlarged entry. All openings under stone lintels with stone sills. Stack and engine house to rear. This range forms the mechanised and food-processing unit of the farm and was completely separated from the livestock shelters (ref.5/192) to the S, with which it groups.

Listing NGR: SD6203470837

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