Description

SK 23 NW PARISH OF LONGFORD LONGFORD LANE
6/41 (North Side)
27.7.69 Longford Mill and attached weir
GV II

Watermill, now house. 1857, converted 1972. Red brick with brick and stone dressings,
plain tile roofs with overhanging eaves and brick gable stacks to rear pitch of the roof.
Two storeys plus attics with lower two storey wing to west, three bays plus single bay
wing to west. Central basket headed doorcase with C20 stable door, and to either side
two storeyed,four-centred arched blind niches with 3-light basket headed casements to
ground floor with moulded brick sills and diamond leaded lights. Above, two similar
windows and a central C20 glazing bar fixed light under basket headed arch. Above to
Centre, an inset stone datestone inscribed 'HG 1857' and a hoist platform on scrolled
cast iron brackets, with plain railings round. Gabled attic dormer over with pendant
and below, double plank doors. Attached to west, lower section has central 3-light
basket headed,diamond leaded,light casement and above a small hayloft opening with plank
door and basket arch. To front of mill, below ground level, is a brick retaining wall,
with small segmental arch to west to take the water under the mill, and large segmental
arch to east. Iron wheel is now placed against the east gable wall of the mill, having
been removed from the interior. Interior has no machinery left. Rear of mill has
original sluice gate to west side and attached to west side a stone retaining wall for the
mill pond, which continues to west until it reaches a stone weir, to the east side of
which is a sluice gate with separate channel.

Listing NGR: SK2198637489

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26619667

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey