Skelton Mill Farmhouse And Remains Of Mill

NZ 61NW & NZ61 NE SKELTON & BROTTON MARSKE LANE (east side), Skelton

2/29 Skelton Mill Farmouse & 3/29 and remains of mill. 25.5.66 II

Farmhouse and remains of watermill, early/mid C19. Dressed sandstone with tooled margins. Welsh slate roof with stone ridge and gable copings and moulded kneelers. Concrete roof to remains of mill. Stone stack at left end. 2 storeys, 3 windows. Central doorway has renewed boarded door, overlight with geometric glazing bars and raised flat surround. Sashes with glazing bars, that to right on first floor renewed. Painted stone sills. Remains of mill, adjoining right, 3 storeys, one window. Wide flat-arched opening with voussoirs, now blocked, on ground floor. Now holds boarded door and overlight to left, and horizontal sash window with glazing bars to right. Upper-floor windows blocked and painted to represent sashes with glazing bars. Gable with stone coping, moulded kneeler and rebuilt brick stack, rises above house to left of remains of mill. Flat roof between first and second floors. Area wall with chamfered copings, ornamental iron railings and gate, to front of house. Curved yard wall with curved copings and boarded door, adjoins left of house. Rear elevation shows round-headed stair window. Farm outbuildings to rear (north-west) are not of interest. Mill partly destroyed by aerial bombardment in 1942.

Listing NGR: NZ6499519689