Description

TL 3811 STANSTEAD ABBOTS ROYDON ROAD
(south side)
Stanstead Abbots village
13/27 The Mill

GV II

Corn water mill, now workshops. Rebuilt after a fire in 1881,
converted to steam after 1890, ceased milling 1926 (Branch
Johnson (1970)176). 4 floors and roof space tall yellow brick
mill beside mill stream probably at site of Domesday mill. Wide
slate roof. Arcaded with round arches rising to eaves level, 5-
bays to sides, and 4-bays at ends with circular windows in each
gable. Decorative tie plates at each floor. Windows with 3-ring
segmental arches, stone sills and metal frames, at each level.
On N end a high single-storey yellow brick and slate boilerhouse
with canted end to road and tapering square chimney rising above
the mill, topped with a brick necking and cornice. Boiler house
has 2 round arched windows with cast iron frames set in
rectangular sunk panels on E and N ends. Extended to rear in
similar panelled brickwork. Prominent landmark at the junction
of the High Street with Roydon Road. (Pevsner (1977) 344).

Listing NGR: TL3864411858

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26349499

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Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock