Listed Building: Mill House, Mill Cottage and Mill Wheel (1041650)

Water mill and mill house, now converted into 3 dwellings. C.1850-60 with C20 alterations. Coursed limestone rubble, slate roof, brick ridge and end stacks. 3-storey, 5-window mill and 2-storey, 3-window mill house. The latter has 2-unit plan. Mill and mill house are both under same roof. Former mill (Mill House) has C20 windows and door in original openings with round-arched brick heads. Slate-hung gabled hoist over centre above eaves. Red-brick lean-to extension to right. Former mill house to left (Mill Cottage) on higher ground has central C20 door and 12-pane sash windows to ground and 1st floor, except for small central 1st floor window, all with segmental-arched brick heads. Brick corbelled eaves to whole block. Gabled wing to rear of former mill (Mill Wheel) has similar fenestration, probably former engine house, with tall rebuilt red-brick chimney adjacent. No machinery survives. Originally water-powered, the mill also had steam power. Built to serve the Grafton estate.

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Sep 5 2023 11:40AM