Description

WALKiIAMPTON WALKHAMPTON
SX 56 SW
17/144 Walkham Mill
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- II

Wheelwright's shop. Circa mid C19, extended in C20. Stone rubble walls. Gable
ended corrugated iron roof.
Plan: The original building is rectangular on plan consisting of one large workshop.
The water wheel which drives the machinery is detached from the building and
adjoined the right-hand wall at the rear. In the late C19 the building began to be
extended by a blacksmith's'shop built on along the left-hand wall and in the C20 a
large addition was made at the right-hand side constructed of corrugated sheeting.
Exterior: 2 storeys. The entrance is in the gable end which has a wide opening on
both ground and 1st floors and a small window below the gable. Lean-to addition of
former blacksmith's shop against left-hand wall with doorway in its gable end.
Extensive C20 corrugated addition to right. The overshot water wheel at the rear is
served by wooden launders but is now enclosed.
Interior: The gearing and shafts driven by the wheel still survive. in situ and are
functional.
This is an unusual example of a purpose built wheelwright's shop still performing
its original function and with its original source of power still operative.

Listing NGR: SX5329069699

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26611894

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Recommended Books

• 
  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)