Description

ST75SE RODE CP
SHAWFORD

4/421 Shawford Mill

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GV II

Former cloth finishing mill, now theatre. Early C19. Random rubble, ashlar quoins, stone slate roof, hipped to left,
coped verge to right. Rectangular on plan, regular frontage. 2 storeys, 9 bays, segmental-headed 2-light stone mullion
windows, each light with a casement with glazing bars. 2 door openings to ground floor in chamfered segmental headed
stone surrounds with emphasised key-stones, plank doors. Further C20 door opening to first floor of left return reached
by a flight of C20 concrete steps. Mill leat flows under the mill in 2 places emerging to North side under a causeway,
one narrow and one broad segmental archway. Section of rubble wall to right return, 2 semi-circular headed archways,
dressed stone voussoirs. Two reused late C19 mill wheels inside the mill. An extremely well preserved example of a
local mill. Probably a dye works. (O Bryan Morland, An Introduction To The Infrastructure Of The Industrial Revolution
In Somerset, 1982).

Listing NGR: ST7933853361

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26470139

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)