Description

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SP 00 NW
6/257 Mill House

GV II

Former mill and miller's house. Mill: early C18. House: C18
extended C19. Limestone rubble; red tile roof to mill; concrete
tile to outbuildings; slate roof and red tile to the house; stone
slate and red tile to the C19 extension; ashlar and brick stacks.
Rectangular plan to mill with rectangular C18 miller's house at
right angles at the south-east corner; 'L'-shaped C19 extension to
the gable end of the latter. Mill: 3 storeys. House: 2 storeys.
C19 extension: 1 1/2 storeys. -.,Undershot mill with round-headed
archway with keystone off-centre left; garage doors to the left;
C19 plank door with a segmental brick head to the right, flanked
by a 4-pane light within a flat-chamfered surround and a 12-pane
fixed casement with a timber lintel; blocked doorway with timber
lintel to the right of the latter; 2-light flat-chamfered stone-
mullioned casement upper right with a C19 plank door with a timber
lintel to the left; 4-light window to the left with a timber
lintel. C18 house with single 16-pane sash with dressed stone
surround to the ground floor; 3 two-light casements with glazing
bars with dressed stone lintels and jambstones to the first floor;
gable of C19 extension projects forwards to the right with 6-pane
sash and vertical glazing bars to the ground floor and gable.
Panelled door with glazed canopy on brackets to the right of the
projecting gable. Six-pane sash to the right of the door. Two-
light half-dormer to the upper floor; two 6-pane casements to the
gable end facing the road. Gable-end and lateral stacks.
Interior: The mill retains its machinery with a cast iron mill
wheel; gearing; shutes and 3 mill stones. Mill wheel protrudes
up through the first floor.

Listing NGR: SP0169409524

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26447051

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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