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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26545866

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Recommended Books

• 
  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
• 
  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)