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Shirburn Mill

A Grade II Listed Building in Lawford, Essex

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9454 / 51°56'43"N

Longitude: 1.022 / 1°1'19"E

OS Eastings: 607791

OS Northings: 231750

OS Grid: TM077317

Mapcode National: GBR TNW.TG4

Mapcode Global: VHKFV.NCMH

Plus Code: 9F33W2WC+5Q

Entry Name: Shirburn Mill

Listing Date: 17 November 1966

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1254184

English Heritage Legacy ID: 437604

ID on this website: 101254184

Location: Tendring, Essex, CO11

County: Essex

District: Tendring

Civil Parish: Lawford

Traditional County: Essex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Essex

Church of England Parish: Lawford St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Chelmsford

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Description


LAWFORD MILL HILL
TM 03 SE

2/115 Shirburn Mill,
(sometimes called
Sherbourne Mill and
17.11.66 attached dam wall to
south)

GV II


Former water mill, now empty. C18/C19. Timber framed and weatherboarded, red
brick ground floor. Red plain tile roof. 3 storeys and loft with lucam to
north face, outshot lean-to to south. North face. Central lucam on curved
brackets, window to north. 3 window range of small paned vertically sliding
sashes, moulded surrounds, those to ground floor with segmental heads, central
door to first floor, central panelled door to ground floor within segmental
head, small vertically boarded door to right. The south lean-to faces the mill
pond and the exterior overshot wheel, removed 1930's, was to the east face. Of 5
bays with hanging knees to tie beams. 2 pairs of stones remain in the mill, one
by H & C Collins, Milton and the other by Tinsby, Ipswich and 2 stone nuts. The
dam wall curves to enclose the mill pond to the south and is of concrete faced
brick. The mill stream passed under a bridge to the west of the Mill (not now
visible) to drive the waterwheel. Once a partner to a long demolished upper
mill formerly situated across the mill pond. J. Booker. Batsford Guide to
Industrial Archaeology 1980.,


Listing NGR: TM0779131750

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