Description

BRIDESTOWE
SX 58 NW

12/62 Leawood Mill
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- II

Mill and mill house. Circa mid C19. Local stone rubble walls. Gable ended slate
roof. 2 rubble stacks, one is axial between the house and the mill, the other is at
the gable end of the mill building.
L-shaped plan with house projecting to the front and mill building in wing to the
right with its wheel originally on its rear wall. The house is double depth with
probably 2 rooms originally and gable end entrance into small lobby.
2 storeys with attic. The house has a regular gabled 2-window front of C19 small-
paned casements. To the left on the ground floor is C20 part-glazed door. At the
centre of the gable is a blocked 2nd floor window. All openings have granite
lintels. The inner face of the mill has a door to the left with a window to its
right and above of 3-light C19 casements. On the rear elevation only the axle of
the mill wheel survives.
Interior: some of the stone drive machinery survives with wooden edges to the
wheels. 2 stones are preserved of which according to the present occupant one was
used for grinding corn and one for animal feed.

Listing NGR: SX5187688935

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26399573

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  For the Record
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)