Building record 2129/3/1 - Mill & Mill House, Mill Lane

Mill and mill-house, now house. Mill-house dated 1725, mill rebuilt mid-late C19; C20 alterations. Coursed limestone rubble, pantile roof, rendered end stacks.

{1} Three-storey brick-built mill across the River Nene, with lock aloongside. The adjacent stone house has a datestone which reads "EW 1725".

{2} Mill and mill-house, now house. Mill-house dated 1725, mill rebuilt mid-late C19; C20 alterations. Coursed limestone rubble, pantile roof, rendered end stacks. 2-unit plan with lobby entry to one end. 2 storeys and attic; 3-window range. C20 door to far left with wood lintel. Pair of 2-light casement windows to ground floor left of centre, 3-light casement to ground floor right, 2-light casements to 1st floor left and right of centre and small 1-light window to 1st floor far left, all with wood lintels. Datestone to 1st floor centre below eaves, of ironstone with hood mould and inscribed EW/1725. Ironstone-coped chamfered plinth, ironstone quoins and stone-coped gables with kneelers; two C20 roof dormers. 2-storey wing to rear left. C19 3-storey, 3-window mill building to left, of brick with slate roof and segmental-arched heads to windows, is now part of house and contains no machinery. Interior of house noted as having chamfered spine beams and open fireplace with chamfered cambered bressumer.

{4}{6}{7} Three storey corn mill of brick with slate roof, with a date stone of 1725. It is now devoid of machinery but was unusual in having the three pairs of stones driven from above instead of from below. The adjoining millstone house is of stone, two storeys with a steeply pitched tiled roof.

{5} Former mill is a three storey red brick building, with slate roof. The adjoining mill-house is two-storeys, of stone with a steeply pitched ‘pantiled’ roof having two dormer windows facing upstream. No features related to former milling or sawing activities internally.

{8} Undated photo;

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

<2> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 2/68 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<3> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F12 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<4> Northamptonshire Industrial Archaeology Group, 2001, NIAG Industrial Gazetteer, (unchecked) (Draft). SNN101121.

<5> STARMER G., 2002?, Northamptonshire Watermills Survey 2001 - 2002 (A-H), p.26 (checked) (Report). SNN105520.

<6> Northamptonshire Industrial Archaeology Group, 2001, A Guide To The Industrial Heritage Of Northamptonshire, Site 66 (checked) (Gazetteer). SNN104759.

<7> Northamptonshire Industrial Archaeology Group, 2011, A Guide To The Industrial Heritage of Northamptonshire (2nd Edition), Site 68 (checked) (Gazetteer). SNN107622.

<8> Photographs of buildings in Cogenhoe and Whiston (Photographs). SNN112070.

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Oct 2 2020 11:15AM