Description

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SP 15 NW GREAT ALNE

7/222 Great Alne Mill

23/10/85 II

Corn mill. Early and late C19 on site of earlier mill. Water powered mill machinery in working order for production of stone-ground floor but former breach wheel replaced by a metal turbine vertically mounted in the same position to utilize drive shafts, belts etc. The mill race, below ground structure, some of the internal structure and mill grind stones, associated gearing and bagging machinery of C1800. Building added on the SE side to house a roller mill powered by an internal combustion engine but mill and engine now removed. Red brick with tile roofs unless otherwise noted below. The main mill block is a gabled range of 3 storeys and attic in two sections of which the 3 bay NE section is the earlier. The added 4 bay section is heightened at its NE end by two storeys above the general height of 3 storeys to accommodate grain cleaner cyclones with a gabled roof surmounted by cast iron cowls. On the north west side of the range a double span wing with 2 gables: A pair of semi-circular arched windows to each floor of each gable wall with small pane cast iron frames.

The LH gable has a central vertical boarded hoist housing projecting from second floor to ridge level. The RH gable contains a central arched window similar to those below. Workshop in the angle between main block and wing with corrugated iron wall cladding and roof. The main range has segmental arched windows with cast iron frames to each floor, brick dentil eaves cornices and brick dentil string courses to the added floors. A hoist housing with corrugated asbestos sheet cladding projects from the NE gable. Internally: boarded floors on pitch- pine or oak joists and bridging beams supported on circular cast iron columns at mid span. Roofs are mainly queen post and purlin construction. The miller's house of 2 storeys with some C20 alterations is attached to the NE side of the main block: Timber casement windows with glazing bars.

Listing NGR: SP1222558881

External Links

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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)