Description

ST KEVERNE TREGIDDEN
SW 72 SE
3/144 Tregidden Mill
15 1 70
GV II

Water mill, used as store. Circa early C19. Stone rubble with granite quoins and
dressings. Brick segmental arches to openings. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge
tiles. Almost square in plan. 2 storeys. East front symmetrical. Ground floor,
central stable door with 2-light horizontal sliding sash (12-panes) to left and
fixed casement window with glazing bars partly filling opening to right. Central
opening above. Stone rubble single storey extension with lean-to corrugated roof
on right-hand gable end. South side ground rises up to facilitate loading. 4
rubble steps to first floor entrance, partly blocked. To rear, 20 foot hybrid
wheel by Holman & Sons Limited, St Just-in-Penwith. Retains complete set of
horizontal gearing from its 2 stones together with wooden 'axle-tree' and bearing
for water wheel. Mill first mentioned in 1250.
Sources: The Water Mills of St Keverne, Anthony Unwin
Reprint Journal of Royal Institution of Cornwall New Series, Vol. VII,
1977

Listing NGR: SW7542022939

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26434654

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