Description

THORNE NORTH EASTERN ROAD SE 6813 (SE 61 SE) (north side) 15/106 Tower mill immediately to east of junction with Millfield Road II Tower mill. Early C19, Tarred red brick. 5-storey, truncated cone. 2 semicircular stone steps to boarded door on south side. Boarded double-doors over with stone ledge and wooden lintel, around the tower at lst-floor level are putlog holes showing position of jettied walkway. Unglazed, segmentally-arched window to 2nd floor, another to 3rd floor set to right. Cogged band to parapet wall now surmounted by brick watertank Right return: blocked segmentally-arched dour beneath window to each floor; Left return: windows on 4 floors. Interior not inspected. Said to have been built in 1815 and known as Oates Mill (Hobson). M. Hobsan, Some notes on Old Thorne, Doncaster Library Service pamphlet, 1985.

Listing NGR: SE6863613721

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