Description

LANIVET
SX 06 NW
4/109 The Old Mill, with attached front
- retaining wall and railings

II

Miller's house and attached watermill ; now one house. C18 miller's house, with
later C18 stable attached. Mill building probably of mid C19. C20 alterations.
Rendered stone rubble. Slate roofs ; slurried over the house, with gable ends and
gable end stacks with brick shafts. The mill has crested ridge tiles and axial
stacks with brick shafts.
Plan: The mill house is of double depth plan, under a 2-span roof ; principal room of
front left and right, each room heated from a gable end stack, with central entrance.
Attached to rear right is a stable, of later C18. The mill is attached at the left
end, with 2 gable ends to the front, rooms heated from axial stacks, 2 rooms front
and rear ; this may be an extensive remodelling of a mill. The leat runs along the
rear. Attached to the front right of the mill is a retaining wall with railings.
Exterior: The mill house is 2-storey, a symmetrical 3-window front ; all windows are
12-pane sashes with cambered arches ; first floor central 8-pane sash with margin
glazing and Gothic glazing bars. Central plank door. The right side has external
stack. The stable is 2-storey, with central stable door and single light to left at
ground floor ; central door to the loft.
The mill to left is of 2 storeys on basement. The two front gable ends have mullion
and transom window at ground and first floor. Right side has C20 garage doors to the
basement, with similar window at ground and first floor. At the left side, there is a
gable to left, and random C20 fenestration, with C20 door to left.
Attached to the front right of the mill is a rubble retaining wall rising from the
basement level ; on top, a range of cast iron railings with knob finials, about 15
metres long, the railings set on granite coping stones.
Interior: Not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX0480667896

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26435889

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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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)