Description

SK 69 SE SCROOBY MONKS MILL LANE
(west side)

1/125 Monk's Mill & Wall
Containing Mill
Race.
(Formerly listed as
1.2.67 Monk's Mill House
and Water Mill)

G.V. II

House, outbuildings and wall with mill race, formerly mill. C17
and C18 restored mid C20. Red brick and ashlar. Pantile roofs
with single brick stack to the rear left. Dentillated eaves to
all but the single storey wing and the wing containing the
archway. 2 storeys plus garret, 3 bays. To the right is a
lower, slightly set back, 2 storey, 4 bay wing, the right 2 bays
receding at an angle. To the left is a 2 storey 3 bay wing,
this was once 2 storeys plus garret. Further left, slightly set
back, is a 2 storey, 2 bay wing and finally a single storey,
single bay wing. The 2 storey plus garret wing has ashlar on
the ground floor. Single storey gabled ashlar porch, with
blocked sides. The chamfered entrance arch is shaped at the top
and has chamfer stops. To the right is a single large arched
glazing bar fixed light and a single glazing bar fixed light with
a small blocked opening under. The right wing has from left to
right a single blocked window opening, a single glazing bar
Yorkshire sash under a segmental arch, a single small C20
casement in a taller and narrower opening and a blocked doorway.
The left wings have from right to left a single C20 glazing bar
casement with 2 blocked ashlar arches under, a single glazing bar
Yorkshire sash under a segmental arch, an archway with flush
ashlar quoin surround dated 1783, a single glazing bar Yorkshire
sash under a segmental arch in a larger opening and a single
similar Yorkshire sash. Above the porch is a single glazing bar
Yorkshire sash under a segmental arch. To the left are 2 C20
casements, a single C20 glazing bar Yorkshire sash and a single
C20 glazing bar casement. To the right is a single tall glazing
bar sliding sash, a single glazing bar casement and a single
glazing bar Yorkshire sash, these latter 3 are all under
segmental arches. On the walls are C18 graffiti dated 1722, and
1792. Left of the porch is 'Thomas Seaton 1756'. Interior has
inscription '1778 IW TPX'. There remains a single piece of the
main shaft. In front of the mill is a brick wall with ashlar
coping containing 3 mill races. To the left are 2 brick arches
with a single central ashlar cutwater and remnants of a further
similar cutwater to the right. Further right is a single ashlar
arch.

Listing NGR: SK6511691002

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26558121

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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)
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House