Building record 1647/1/1 - Fulling Mill

Farmhouse, formerly fulling mill. Late C18. Coursed squared ironstone, slate roof, brick end stacks.

{1} Farmhouse, formerly fulling mill. Late C18. Coursed squared ironstone, slate roof, brick end stacks. 2-unit plan. 2-storey, 3-window range. Plank door to right of centre with overlight and straight hood on brackets. 3-light casement windows with wood lintels to ground floor left and right. 2-light casements to first floor with wood lintels. Stone-coped gables with kneelers. One storey and attic lean-to extension to right. Interior not inspected.

{3} Undated photo;

{4} Fulling cloth, probably grinding corn earlier.
History:
1303 Mill at Adstone given to the Prior and convent of Ashby
1724 Fulling Mill mentioned by Bridges
1841 Mill described as ruinous
Documentary sources: Shown, un-named, on Eyre's 1779 map; 1872-3 OS map marks it Fulling Mill.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 2/22 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F08 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Adstone (Photographs). SNN111845.

<4> STARMER G., 2002?, Northamptonshire Watermills Survey 2001 - 2002 (A-H), p.3 (checked) (Report). SNN105520.

Record last edited

Oct 1 2020 2:35PM