Building record 9620/1/1 - Twyford Mill

After WWII the premises were used as a discount store and then for battery hens. The buildings now seem to be disused except for a small part used as a workshop.

{1} History:
1086 This mill is one of the three recorded at Sudtone or Sutone
1202 Reference to the miller of Twiford
1452 Reference to Twyfordsmyll
1547 Fulk Barker dies siezed of the mill, which he left to his grandson, Thomas Barker
1783 Job Satchell of Twyford Mill, in the parish of Kings Sutton, miller and baker, insured the millhouse and water mill adjoining, all thatched, for £100
1791 Mill owned by Thomas Cartwright, Esq
1827 Thomas Hill, the proprietor and occupier of Twyford Mill when it was advertised for sale
1906 By this time a 50 inch water turbine, made by J J Armfield and Co had been installed, steam power was also being used and roller flour milling was in operation
1927 Described as "in work"
1928 Twyford Mill no longer appears in trade directories
WWII After the war the premises were used as a discount store and then for battery hens. The buildings now seem to be disused except for a small part used as a workshop.

Documentary sources: Eyre and jeffreys' 1791 map marks it only as Mill; 1827 Bryant's mp marks it Twyford Mill, as does the 1830 OS 1 inch map

The older mill is rectangular in plan. It is of four storeys and is of 6 bays, the western one being a later addition. Adjoining the east end of the mill is a two-storey cottage of rendered stone. Attached to the east end of the cottage are two other two-storey dwellings. Joining the north side of the old mill is a taller 4 storey with attic storey mill of red brick and 7 bays. A more recent single storey concrete framed and ramp abuts the former engine house. Photos.

This complex provides an excellent example of the development of the use of a natural resource over a considerable period of years. No comparable site has survived elsewhere in Northamptonshire which makes it of county if not regional significance.

<1> STARMER G., 2002?, Northamptonshire Watermills Survey 2001 - 2002 (H-Z), p.81 (checked) (Report). SNN105521.

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Oct 16 2020 11:58AM