Description

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SK 84 SE MARSTON MILL LANE

224-/5/10000 Water-powered corn
mill at east end of
lane

- II

Water-powered corn mill. c1850. Red brick with pantile roofs. 2
storeys; 2 cills i.e. mill and wheelhouse. Cast-iron casements
with glazing bars beneath segmental brick arches; dentilled
eaves. Mill entrance in west gable has boarded door with 6
applied panels; 12-pane casement to the gable. South side has 20-
pane casement to each floor. Wheelhouse to right with 2
segmentally-arched inlets; lower roof. Boarded door to east
gable; incomplete casement above. Interior of wheelhouse: wooden
undershot wheel of c.3.5m diameter complete with iron inlet
controls. Internal byewash channel. Mill: complete corn milling
machinery with cast-iron gearing and wooden stone nuts to 2 pairs
of grindstones (a third bottom-stone remains). Crown wheel and
drive shafting to sack hoist within roof. Well preserved example
of a small rural corn-mill.

Listing NGR: SK8950943428

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26545245

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)