Description

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BODICOTE

SP 4537 BODICOTE Mill

6/224 II

Mill and attached Mill House. Mill probably late C18, mill house c1840, both restored
1988-9. Red brick, in Fleinish bond, returns of mill in English garden wall bond;
rear of rubblestone brought to course. Welsh slate roof. Mill of 3 storeys with
two lst-floor windows; mill house, on right, of 2 storeys with attic, 3 bays. Mill:
segmental soldier-brick arches to openings ; on left, top of wheel-pit arch is visible;
C20 board stable door to right of centre franked by 12-pane sashes; on 1st and 2nd
floors rightbay has a 15-pane sash (formerly a doorway) with a 6-pane sash over;
on left a tall 24-pane sash (formerly one window to each floor) ; dentilled eaves.
Mill house: plinth; openings have keyed stone lintels; central door of 6 flush panels
having overlight with decorative glazing bars; blind window above door, other windows
have 16-pane sashes; dentilled eaves; two restored gabled dormers; brick end stacks.
Rear: brick quoins; one of the stones has eroded C17 date (16?90) ; various late-
C20 small-pane windows with timber lintels; on right, round brick arch to wheel
pit with C20 rebuilt sluice in front. Left return: door to wheel pit; bricked-
up window in gable. Interior: mill has old beams and floorboards; surviving mill
machinery includes the shaft, wallower, spur w+eel,crown wheel, stone nuts with
handles, 2 bedstones (on 1st floor) and retrains of pulley system.

There has been a mill at Bodicote and probably on this site since the C11, and the
present mill building is probably the one marked on the map of the County of Oxfordshire by Richard Davis of 1797. W Foreman, Oxfordshire Mills(1983), illustration on p18. Signed by authority of the

Listing NGR: SP4586937219

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26541236

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version