Building record 6885/1/1 - Mill Building

Building within modern industrial milling complex

{1} 3-storey stone built watermill and adjoining mill house. Dated "ABM 1866". The mill straddles the River Nene and had an internal wheel and later a turbine.

{2} Unable to gain access. On a previous visit, an old two storey brown stone building with Welsh slated ridged roof was said to be the old water mill. At the earlier visit a water turbine was installed in the former wheel-pit and was attached to an electric generator, supposedly for emergency power. Of little significance due to alterations.

{3}{4}{5} The present corn mill was built in 1784 after the previous mill was washed away by floods. It is two storeys high, of Northampton sand ironstone and had an internal waterwheel. In the 1930s the mill was enlarged with new buildings using electrical power and the waterwheel was replaced by a turbine. The old watermill is now completely surrounded by the milling complex of Heygate and Sons Ltd, which started to develop in the 1940s.

<1> Palmer M; Neaverson P., 1992, Industrial Landscapes of the East Midlands, p.86 (checked) (Book). SNN3691.

<2> STARMER G., 2002?, Northamptonshire Watermills Survey 2001 - 2002 (A-H), p.15 (checked) (Report). SNN105520.

<3> Northamptonshire Industrial Archaeology Group, 2001, NIAG Industrial Gazetteer, (checked) (Draft). SNN101121.

<4> Northamptonshire Industrial Archaeology Group, 2001, A Guide To The Industrial Heritage Of Northamptonshire, Site 54 (checked) (Gazetteer). SNN104759.

<5> Northamptonshire Industrial Archaeology Group, 2011, A Guide To The Industrial Heritage of Northamptonshire (2nd Edition), Site 56 (checked) (Gazetteer). SNN107622.

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Jul 11 2013 10:13AM