Description

CONSTABLE BURTON MILL LANE
SE 19 SE (north side)

3/16 Constable Burton Mill and
Mill-house

- II

Corn watermill, water-powered saw-mill and mill house. Late C18 and early
C19. Rubble with ashlar dressings, stone slate roofs. From left: later
mill building of 3 storeys and 3 bays, with corn mill in first 2 bays and
saw-mill in third bay on ground floor, with single-storey range projecting
forward as annexe to saw-mill, and 2-storey rear outshut housing overshot
waterwheel; older mill building of 2 storeys and 1 first-floor opening;
house of 2 storeys with outshut and 2 first-floor windows with single-storey
brick rear extension. Later mill: early C19. Coursed rubble. Quoins.
Openings have deep lintels. Between first and second bays, on ground floor,
board stable door, small windows in first and second bays; to right, blocked
segmental-arched cart entrance obscured by saw-mill annexe. Side-sliding
sash windows on first and second floors. Hipped roof to left, ashlar coping
to right. Saw-mill annexe: coursed stone. Quoins. 2 board doors below
deep rusticated lintels on ground floor; fixed-light window in rusticated
surround in gable. To its right, C20 lean-to garage, not of special
interest. Older mill: late C18. Rubble. Central board door below deep
lintel; window to right with deep lintel; to left of door, stone crudely
inscribed "T Robinson 1780"; board pitching door on first floor. House:
late C18. Rubble. Quoins to right. Openings have deep lintels. Gabled
glazed porch in front of central part-glazed 4-panel door. C20 casement
windows on ground floor, side-sliding sash windows on first floor. Ashlar
coping to right. Brick end stacks. Interior: later mill contains 3 pairs
of millstones and gearing for 4 pairs made by Hauxwell, Millwright of Yarm.

Listing NGR: SE1687990851

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26604450

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)