Description

SW 73 NW STITHIANS KENNAL VALE

2/264 Mill at SW74883733
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GV II

Water mill for grinding gunpowder. Circa 1850. Built for the Kennal Vale gunpowder
works. Dressed granite and granite rubble. Roofless.
Plan: Rectangular mill with central wheel pit dividing 2 similar rectangular plan 2
storey blocks with original basements to house the gearing, and with the millstone in
the upper, floors. The hub and parts of the rims of the waterwheel survive. Built
into bank at rear and originally powered by water from leat parallel to rear.
Exterior: 2 storeys (stone floor over, basement). Symmetrical 2 window east-south-
east front. Tall central wheel pit opening flanked by 2 originally identical one
window fronts. Each front has small basement opening and large openings above. Part
of right-hand bay is fallen.
Interior not inspected. Possibly there is machinery and millstones.
This mill is the last built and last used of a group of 6 similar mills which survive
in the beautiful Kennal Valley.

Listing NGR: SW7488837328

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26596289

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Devon (Pevsner 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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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)