Numbers 1-7 (Consecutive) East Mill

Numbers 1-7 (consecutive) East Mill is an 18th-century corn mill with an earlier core, accompanied by a miller’s house, now used as workshops. The mill received engine and boilerhouse additions in the early 19th century and was extended as a full power-driven mill in 1892. The miller’s house dates from the early 19th century. The building is constructed of ashlar with Welsh slate roofs and brick chimneys.

The mill is arranged in three sections. The original water mill, to the west, is four storeys high and three bays wide. The ground floor features a stable-type door with a wood lintel dated 1798 and an entry for the mill race to the right. C20 doors and windows fill the original openings on the first and second floors, while the third floor has been heightened and contains 6-pane casements. The gabled roof has a reverse-stepped gable on the rear pitch, which was not heightened, and a brick end stack. Attached to the right is a tall, square, brick engine-house chimney, with a single-storey engine house attached to its right.

The central section, dating from 1892, is four storeys high, four bays wide, and features 16-pane casements divided by flat pilasters, a corbel table, and a flat roof.

To the east is the miller’s house, formerly a house, tack room, and cottage, spanning three storeys and two or three bays. The original house, to the right, has a central 6-panel door with a 6-pane overlight and a wooden hood on brackets. A canted bay window sits to the left, and a 16-pane sash is to the right. Sash windows above are 12-pane. The gabled roof has flat coping and end stacks. Attached to the left is a cottage with a broad doorway leading into the former tack room and 12-pane sashes.

The rear of the 1892 section features a segmental-arched loading bay in the third bay, and the inscription “NEW PROCESS FLOUR MILLS 1892” is on the top floor.

The interior of the 18th-century section contains a 17th-century doorway with a Tudor-arched lintel and two blocked 17th-century windows. An early 20th-century water wheel is also present.