Description

SX 15 NW BOCONNOC COUCHSMILL

6/11 Couch Mill
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GV II

Mill and mill house, late C18, remodelled in mid C19. Rendered rubble stone
and cob with steeply pitched rag slate roof and brick chimneys at gabled ends of
mill house. Projecting stack on left hand gable end. Shallower, slate roof with
gabled ends to unrendered mill adjoining on right.
Mill house; single depth, 2-room with cross passage plan. C19 extension to
rear. Almost symmetrical 3-window front. Two 2-light C20 timber casements with
glazing bars flanking partly glazed door with gabled porch on timber posts. 3-
gabled half dormers with 2-light timber casement windows and wavy bargeboards.
Mill; long 1½ storey building under slightly lower pitched roof with central
wide timber stable door and reused timber lintel over. Slate porch. Small single
pane window to left. Above, slightly to left, gabled half dormer window with 9-
pane fixed casement. Lean-to of stone and brick under corrugated roof to right.
Machinery includes 2 horizontal gearing systems preserved in cog pit. 2
millstones in-situ and sack hoist. 2 overshot waterwheels have been dismantled.
Mill has not been in commercial use since 1920s.
Source: An Introduction to Cornish Watermills, D E Benney 1972

Listing NGR: SX1488359146

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26429951

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Recommended Books

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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)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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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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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)