Building record 6233/1/2 - Mill House, mill cottage and barns, Boughton Watermill

Of probable 18th century construction, the mill house adjoins the mill to the south-east.

{2} The mill house adjoins the mill on the south-east and is of the same height, depth and roof-line- being three storyes high and constructed of courded rubble ironstone beneath a concrete tiled gable roof.Two apparently truncated brick chimney stacks emerge from the apex of the roof at each end of the mill house, a further brick chimney stack with square chimney pot emerges from the northern roof slope of the east gable. Attached to the east end of the mill house is the 1.5 storey mill barn, also of coursed rubblestone but in the process of rebuilding and re-roofing at the time of survey. Both the mill house and barn have single storey brick lean-to extensions attached to their rear north elevations. Rainwater goods throughout appear to be modern plastic. Attached to the east of the mill barn is the 2 storey mill cottage with a single storey brick and stone stables attached to the east of it. To the south of this stable is a separate brick and stone former cow-house now used as stables. To the north, a modern Atcost type barn and Dutch barn. The mill cottage, stables and separate barns are not included in this survey.
The mill barn is of one and a half storeys comprising a feed loft over the ground floor. The ground floor is divided into a large whitewashed former stable from which the stalls have now been removed and a smaller store to the west that runs through to the rear lean-to extension. An attic / feed loft is present above the stable.

The mill house, though of probable eighteenth century construction contains little of significance that may be confidently ascribed to this period or indeed the nineteenth century. The one notable exception is the leaded-light barred rear window to the pantry on the ground floor. Though fragmentary, it presumably survived improvement or replacement by being in an area that guests would not see. Other elements of period interest are the Regency pattern porch canopy which may be original, the door and door frame to reception 1 and the door and door frame to bedroom 2 plus the bedroom hob grate in bedroom 4 which are of likely 19th century origin.

<1> STARMER G., 2002?, Northamptonshire Watermills Survey 2001 - 2002 (A-H), p.10 (unchecked) (Report). SNN105520.

<2> Crank, N., 2017, Archaeological building recording: Boughton Mill Farm, Welford Road, Chapel Brampton (Boughton Parish), Northamptonshire, NN6 8AB, p. 8-10 (Report). SNN110957.

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Nov 30 2017 9:56AM