Description

TOWCESTER MOAT LANE
SP6948 (North side)
13/138 Towcester Mill
19/08/76

GV II

Former watermill, now antique warehouse. Dated 1794, with large C20 red brick
additions. Coursed squared ironstone, C20 plain-tile roofs, stone end stack. 3
storeys and attic. Building spans mill race and has central double-leaf
part-glazed door in gable end facing lane with segmental-arched head, a similar
door at first floor level to left, small one-light window with wood lintel to
second floor and 3-light casement with wood lintel to second floor and 3-light
casement window with segmental-arched head in gable. Limestone datestone above.
Similar casements to first floor of left side elevation, and 1- and 2-light
casements to second floor with wood. lintels. Segmental-headed archway over mill
race. Quoins, hollow-chamfered stone eaves and stone-coped gables with kneelers.
Single-storey brick extension to left with hipped and lean-to slate roofs.
3-storey early C20 brick extension at right angles to right with ironstone
quoins. Hexagonal brick tower of 1937 is not of special architectural interest.
Interior: some machinery belonging to former mill.

Listing NGR: SP6940548773

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26652790

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)