Description

SHUSTOKE COLESHILL ROAD
SP29SW (North side)
Blyth Mill
2/188 Blyth Mill
GV II
Watermill. 1754, with early C19 wheelhouse extension at north end. Red brick,
mainly English bond. Plain-tiled roof with dentil eaves cornice. Timber gabled
lucam to west side, now clad in corrugated iron and supported on timber
brackets. Straight north-south range of 6 bays, having the undershot water
wheel, mid C19, in the addition at the north end. 2 storeys and loft. 5 first
floor windows, 3 under segmental arches. Hoist opening has a boarded door. At
ground floor 2 doorways, one with a split door. Segmental arch to opening on
site of former mill race, diverted in mid C19 and now under north end of the
mill. The date and initials R and G are inscribed in a sandstone block to a
window sill. Interior: Cast iron water wheel and gears are intact. 3 overdriven
stones. Internal undershot waterwheel, 1861.
(D.T.N. Booth: Warwickshire Watermills (Midland Wind and Watermill Group))

Listing NGR: SP2102890772

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26520156

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings