Description

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5144 MILL STREET
Buglawton
SJ 86 SE
SP/476
Flint Mill (central
part of Higher Washford
Mill)

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Perhaps originally a corn mill, later a silk mill, now a flint grinding mill
(disused): late C18, extended in early and mid C19 with late C19 and earlier C20
machinery. Dressed coursed pink sandstone and English garden wall bond brick.
Welsh slate roof. Square in plan. 3-storey and attic, 2-bay north river front.
Stone ground storey stands on a base of large blocks and carries a breast shot
cast-iron bucket waterwheel of c.18 ft diameter. To the left and on either side
are segmentally arched openings to the original wheelpit now containing cast-iron
gearing, controls and a 10 hp Gilkes water turbine of 1935. An informal wooden
stair leads to a door in the ground storey and a large small pane window with
wedged lintel. 2 similar windows in first floor of brick with stone quoins. Top
storey all in brick has a line of 16-pane sashes with wedged stone lintels. South
entrance front is similar with wooden stair to raised original doorway and an
inserted loading bay. There are long wings to either side of former textile mills
of no special interest. Interior: Floors of heavy wooden cross beams. Ground
storey contains a complete set of flint grinding machinery, working commercially
until 1958 and last operated in 1975. Principal items are a circular grinding pan
of riveted iron sheets and with wooden paddles, driven by the wheel, wash tub of
similar construction, and ball clay mill driven by the turbine. Small hoists and
tubs on rails also survive. The drive was formerly carried to the upper storeys
and into the adjacent mills for working textile machinery.
The mill is first mentioned in Directories in 1828 when it housed a silk throw-
sters. In 1864 it was occupied by William Webberly, flint, stone and bone grinder
and in 1883 by Ford and Son, Potters Material Manufacturer.

Listing NGR: SJ8652563642

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q60694488

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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