Description

TL 02 NW TODDINGTON FANCOTT ROAD

22/400 Mill Farmhouse and Adjoining
Mill to South East

- II

Farmhouse and attached water grist mill. Circa C17, remodelled
and extended in early to mid C19. painted brick, house may
contain some timber framing. Slate roofs with gabled ends, rear
wing of house hipped. Brick gable-end and lateral stacks. 2-room
plan house, the right hand room heated from a rear lateral stack,
the left room with gable and stack. At right hand end the water
mill forms a cross-wing with an overshot wheel at the back. In
circa early to mid C19 both were remodelled and a wing was added
to the rear of the house. 2-storey house with 2 window front, 12-
pane sashes on first floor and 16-pane sashes on ground floor
with 6-panel door between, its top panel glazed. Rear wing has
casement with glazing bars. The 3 storey mill forms gable-ended
cross wing to right, with ground floor doorway on left return,
first floor doorway in gable end on higher ground level and loft
doorway above; at the back there is a deep wheel pit for a
missing overshot wheel. Interior: right hand room of house has
a large lateral fireplace with timber lintel covered by arris
moulded chimneypiece with pilasters and shelf and chamfered axial
ceiling beam without stops. C19 joinery including panelled doors.
Left hand room has small C19 chimney-piece and boxed-in axial
beam. Mill has large floor beams, the stone floor with chamfers.
Meal floor has hurst frame with stone nut; the stone floor has
two stones and the loft has been removed. Mill has king-post roof
structure with struts supporting clasped side purlins.
Note: There is said to have been a water mill on this site since
1581.

Listing NGR: TL0216929388

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26555485

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)