Building record 849/5/1 - Kislingbury Mill

Post-medieval mill buildings. The new mill was constructed in the 19th century as a vertical undershot mill.

{1} Post medieval mill and pond etc

{2} History:
1086 Domesday survey records Ceselingeberie with two mills worth 40s
1327 Reference to a watermill at Kislingbury
1642 Mill built by William Hollowell, Rector of Kislingbury
1761 Advertisement for sale of "A very good pair of Corn-mills, in very good repair, at Kislingbury"
1839 John Davies died and left the mill to his sons, John and Samuel
1917 Milling ceased
1933 Mill bought by Metters family, who are still the owners
1950 Mill rented to Mr. Collins, fireplace maker (still there in 2002)

Documentary sources: John Harris' 1712 map shows a mill symbol, un-named; 1813 survey map for OS marks it simply Mill, as does Bryant's 1827 map.
The mill and mill house comprise a group of buildings extending south from the river to the road. At the north end is a two-storey building of coursed Northampton sandstone. On the east (downstream) side, the two lower storey windows have been blocked in and there are two small square windows in the second storey. The gabled roof now has composite tiles. Its situation suggests it may have been connected with an earlier period of milling on the site.
Only the ground floor of the former mill was entered. The entire area was being used for the manufacture of fireplaces and no features associated with milling were observed.
The mill site is of local significance. If the small stone building at the north end of the range of buildings is found to provide evidence of an earlier mill at this location it could be of county significance.

{3} Identified by South Northamptonshire Council as being a building of historic and/or architectural significance.

{4} Level 2 building recording of the mill and associated buildings. The cottage, constructed from ironstone and located in the north-east corner of the complex, is the earliest building on the site probably dating from the 17th century. The new mill was constructed in the 19th century as a vertical undershot mill. At this time it is likely that the cottage was re-roofed, along with the barn and outbuilding. The house was built between 1885-1900, in a typical Victorian villa style [the house was not included in the survey].

<1> Starmer G.H., 1982, National Register of Industrial Monuments, (part checked) (Catalogue). SNN563.

<2> STARMER G., 2002?, Northamptonshire Watermills Survey 2001 - 2002 (H-Z), p.85-6 (checked) (Report). SNN105521.

<3> SOUTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL, 2012, South Northamptonshire Council Survey of Significant Historic Buildings, (checked) (Catalogue). SNN108984.

<4> Wilson, L, 2019, Historic building recording at The Mill, Kislingbury, Northamptonshire, May 2019 (Report). SNN112360.

<5> Crank, N. (Editor), 2020, South Midlands Archaeology (50), p. 85 (Journal). SNN112426.

Record last edited

Apr 15 2021 3:17PM