Description

HOWSHAM HOWSHAM TO BARTON-LE-
SE 76 SW WILLOWS LANE
(north side, off)

5/54 Howsham Mill
10.10.66

- II

Mill. c1755 for the Cholmleys of Howsham Hall (qv), possibly by John Carr,
under influence of William Kent and Batty Langley, with additional building
probably C19. Limestone ashlar facing to brick. Square on plan with lower
building formerly housing metal wheel to west. 2 storeys, with 3 main
elevations symmetrical, and single-storey wheelhouse. Plain chamfered
plinth and continuous band approximately 12 feet above ground level. Ogee-
arched recess with architrave flanked by pointed windows under square
labels, each with blind quatrefoil above. Eaves band. Former pyramidal
roof and crocketed finials absent at time of resurvey. Wheelhouse has wide
elliptical arch to left. Ruinous at time of resurvey. Pevsner N,
Yorkshire, York and the East Riding, 1972. York Georgian Society Annual
Report 1966-7.

Listing NGR: SE7300362796

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Howsham Mill at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q15226172

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
• 
  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
• 
  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
• 
  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)