Description

NY 33 NW CALDBECK Caldbeck

13/55 J Strong & Son
Clog Makers
(Blanket Mill)

II

Watermill built as a threshing mill and later used as a woollen blanket mill.
Early C19. Coursed limestone rubble with raised red sandstone quoins.
Graduated grey slate roof. 3 storeys in T-shape. Projecting portion to left
has large segmental cart entrance in alternate-block surround. 2 steel
casements above in red sandstone surrounds. Right portion has ground floor
plank door in alternate-block surround with similar doorway above reached by
external stone steps. First and second floor steel casements in red sandstone
surrounds. Similar windows to rear. Ground floor interior has wheel pit
complete with cast iron wheel and most of the machinery, also at first floor
level, now used on that floor only as a clog makers' workshop. Marked on 1900 OS
map as Woollen Mill.

Listing NGR: NY3235539713

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26612609

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)