Description

ST 12 NE BISHOP'S HULL FRETHEY ROAD
(north side, off)

4/158 Longaller Mill,
Longaller

II

Mill and attached mill house. Early C19, altered. Brick and
rubblestone, rendered. Corrugated iron roof to mill and rear of
house which at front has Welsh slates. 2 storeys, mill having
basement and attic. House on left of 1:1 bays, mill of 3 bays.
House: left bay projects having small 2-pane casement to each
floor; right bay has C20 wood and glass porch on right (not of
special interest) masking 6-panel door (top 2 panels glazed),
with a 16-pane sash to its left on each floor; lateral stack at
left end and another at junction of bays. Mill: at right end a
board stable door in wood porch; at left end sluice with wooden
sluice gate and door above in round-arched opening; to its right
is mill race, having keyed elliptical-arched opening with double
board door and cantilevered platform in front; between mill race
and door are two windows, that on left barred, that on right with
cambered head and 2-light small-pane casement. lst floor: double
board door on right; 3 windows, cambered-headed, with 2-light
casements. Rear: house has a 16-pane sash to each floor of right
bay; outshut to left bay with tiny small-pane window at eaves and
pantile-roofed lean-to beyond. Mill has triple-arched exit of
sluice and mill race on right and 2-light small-pane casement
windows, 2 on ground floor with door at left end, 3 on 1st floor
with small window inserted to right of central Window; end of tie
rod. Right return of mill: on right, keyed elliptical-arched
doorway with double board door; board door above with window to
left as rear; in gable the circular ends of 3 tie-rods and a
keyed round-arched window with small-pane glazing. Similar gable
window to left return of mill, the left-hand side of the gable
being hung with Welsh slates. Interior of mill: iron columns
support cross-beams on lowest floor at right end; on next floor
cross-beams are of very large scantling with run-out chamfers,
wide floor-boards; in attic, 5 collared principal rafter roof
trusses, the collars bolted on, 3 tiers of staggered butt
purlins, replacement rafters (late C20). Boarded and studded
silos to rear.
Mill machinery survives well including broad iron undershot water
wheel with wooden gearing to 2 sets of stones, one set removed,
and also to other machinery; crane by Armfield of Southampton;
roller mill for grist by Armfield with red stencilling; garner
floor has flour dresser by Gardner of Gloucester, smaller flour
dresser by Robinson of Rochdale, corn cleaner by Armfield and
corn bin; in attic, pulley wheel and chains for sack hoist for
which there are trapdoors on each floor. A fulling and tucking
mill stood on the site until 1823, when the present mill was
rebuilt; it ceased to operate on a commercial basis in 1975.

Listing NGR: ST1968925202

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26544382

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Recommended Books

• 
  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  For the Record
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)