Description

SK 38/3925 PARISH OF MELBOURNE POOL ROAD
6/153 (East Side)
10.11.67 The Old Mill
GV II
Watermill and outbuilding, now a house. Early C17 and C18, with
C19 alterations, converted c1975. Rubble stone with raised
quoins, now rendered to west elevation, and red brick. Plain
tile roofs with moulded stone copings to the gables and
parapets, plus an external C20 stone stack to east elevation.
Single bay, with C20 extension at right angles joining original
mill to a later two bay outbuilding. Single storey plus attics,
with only the attics visible to the western, street elevation
because of a dramatic fall in the level of the land. West
elevation has a central gable with parapets to sides and steps
up to a central opening with C20 double glazed doors. East
elevation has a central C17 chamfered door with low inserted C20
opening to south, over which is a 2-light recessed and chamfered
mullion window with dripmould. Attached to north side is the
C20 weatherboarded extension, with C18 outbuilding to east, all
openings in both are C20. Above there is a central C19 2-light
recessed and chamfered mullion window and above again in the
gable is a similar C17 window with dripmould. South elevation
has large glazed opening to base which formerly housed an
overshot wheel, and a C20 window in the gable. There is a
blocked hole in the adjacent wall where the water was originally
fed through from the pool. North elevation has a C17 2-light
window, similar to the others, in the gable. Interior has large
chamfered timbers.

Listing NGR: SK3906424893

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26388652

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)