Description

Earlier to mid 19th century. 2-storey, 4-bay rectangular-plan former granary/water mill set on sloping site. Harl-pointed random rubble sandstone; rubble quoins (red rubble sandstone at upper stage); long and short surrounds to openings. Part-harled red-brick, roofless lean-to addition at rear.

W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: steps to boarded timber door off-set to left of centre; boarded timber opening in bay to right; ventilation slit at ground in bay to outer right. Regularly disposed ventilation slits in all bays at 1st floor.

E (REAR) ELEVATION: 2-leaf boarded timber door breaking eaves at 1st floor off-set to left of centre; regularly-disposed square openings at ground level. Lean-to red-brick addition to outer right (former turbine-house/store?).

S (SIDE) ELEVATION: 2-leaf boarded timber (garage) doors centred at ground.

N (SIDE) ELEVATION: boarded opening at ground; small square window centred in apex above.

Graded grey late roof; raised stone skews.

Statement of Interest

A simple, but nevertheless interesting rubble structure which has retained its slit openings, timber doors, slated roof and raised skews. The SVBWG handbook refers to this as a water mill - a function possibly confirmed by the existence of 2 mill damns and a lade nearby (see Ordnance Survey map, 1863). However, its raised ground floor, ventilation slits and rear timber door indicate that it could, at one time, have been a granary. The red sandstone quoins beneath the eaves and the apparently later sandstone dressings surrounding the rear door may imply that the structure was raised and subsequently converted from a mill to a granary.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17773190

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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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)