Abbey Corn Mill

Abbey Corn Mill is a former corn mill and associated buildings, built in 1837 by John Taylor of Moreton Hall. The structure features coursed rubble and roofs made of Welsh and local slate. It is a four-storey mill with a lean-to water-wheel house on the north side, and two-storey cottages and ancillary buildings to the east and west. The mill has quoining at all corners, while the detailing of the cottage range suggests it was built around the same time. The mill building has a three-window range facing the access street, with the central openings featuring projecting surrounds, although some are concealed by a later timber hoist case. The side windows have sills and lintels, with renewed casements. The wheel-house still contains its undershot water wheel beneath a brick vaulted ceiling.

To the east, there is a lower range of two storeys with two roof levels, all built at the same time. This unit next to the mill has an elliptically-headed cart entrance on the right and a loading opening above, along with two closely set four-pane horned sashes, another window with a renewed casement, and a doorway, all featuring projecting surrounds; there are also two first-floor openings. Three units under a lower roof line include one used as a store with two doorways and a simple first-floor opening, another as an office (formerly a cottage) with two first-floor and one ground-floor sash in projecting window surrounds, plus a 20th-century window. The third unit is a cottage facing King Street, featuring a two-window range with horned sashes (one replaced) and a half-glazed 20th-century door. Inside the mill, wooden floors are supported by iron columns with a circular section. The mill and cottages create an interesting group within an important Conservation Area.