Building record 4376/0/18 - White Horse

The former Old steam flour mill is incorporated into the rear of the White Horse public house. The mill retains a single set of millstones with a bevelled gear-wheel. The engine house, which stood between the mill building and chimney, has been demolished.

{1} Former Old steam flour mill. Now incorporated into the rear of the White Horse public house at the junction of the roads to Harrington, Scaldwell and Walgrave. Two-storey-plus-attic mill building retaining a single set of millstones with a bevelled gear-wheel on the vertical shaft which turned the top stone. The demolished engine house was between the mill building and the existing 10-metre high, square-cross-section chimney. Constructed c1880, probably by baker/miller William Busby who also owned the beerhouse, and in use until at least 1924.

<1> Perkins, P, Whittaker, R and Denton, A, 2022, A Guide to the Industrial Heritage of Northamptonshire, p. 70 (Book). SNN113793.

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Oct 12 2026 1:50PM