Description

ST STEPHENS BY NEWMILLS
SX 28 NE LAUNCESTON
8/158 Mill, Newmills Farm
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II

Mill and adjoining barn. Probably early C19. Stone rubble with brick dressings and
granite quoins. Rag slate roof with hipped end on left and gable end on right.
Lower range attached on right with half hipped right hand end.
Plan: Mill of rectangular plan, built into bank on rear. Overshot water wheel on
left hand end originally driving two pairs of millstones. Hurst frame full height of
meal floor. Stone floor and loft floor. Adjoining outbuilding on right of overall
rectangular plan with shippon on ground floor and loft above.
Exterior: 3 storey mill and 2 storey outbuilding adjoining on right. The mill has a
roughly symmetrical facade with C19 plank double doors in centre flanked by C20
window on left and two light casement on right. Two 2-light casements on first floor
and gabled full dormers lighting loft floor. Lower range adjoining on right has
central shippon door flanked by two sashes. Loft door above entrance flanked by two
C19 one-light casements. Metal water wheel on left hand side of mill dated 1905. T.
COOME + SON, LAUNCESTON. Complete launder and leat.
Interior: Timber hurst frame along rear of mill, extending full height of meal.foor.
Some of the machinery survives with remains of two pairs of mill-stones. Stone floor
filled with hay bales at time of inspection. Sack hoist appears to have been
removed. Adjoining outbuilding has slate uprights dividing stalls on ground floor.

Listing NGR: SX2989985064

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26435670

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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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)