Description

MILL STREET
1. -----------
1481
The Factory
SY 09 NE 1/22 28.4.52.
II GV

2.
l788-90 with alterations and additions, a large red brick building of good
proportions. Parapet. Hipped slate roof. 5 window entrance front, casements
with glazing bars. 16 windows on return, south west mainly sash with glazing
bars remaining. Wood doorcase with hood fanlight. Brick entrance drive piers
with stone caps and orbs. Built by Sir George Young as a serge factory at
cost of £40,000. It had the largest water-wheel in England (taken out about
75 years ago). Electrical components etc are now being made there. Reference
in "short notes on Church and Parish of Ottery St Mary by Rev S W Cornish,
DD. (N.M.R.)

All the listed buildings in Mill Street form a group.

Listing NGR: SY0944495297

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26508316

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings