Worsbrough Corn Mill

Worsbrough Corn Mill is a Grade II* listed building that now serves as a museum. It was originally built in the early 17th century, with an addition made around 1843. The mill features deeply-coursed dressed sandstone and has roofs made of stone slate and Welsh slate. The 17th-century section on the left is two storeys high and consists of three bays, while the 19th-century section on the right is three storeys tall with a loft and four bays.

In the 17th-century part, there is a wide doorway on the right with an external stone ramp and a massive lintel. To the left of this doorway is a four-light double-chamfered mullioned window with iron stanchions. Beyond this window is a broad buttress with six chamfered offsets and a small window. There is another door at the far left. The first floor features an original three-light mullioned window with iron stanchions and a casement with glazing bars, along with a later two-light mullioned window above the buttress. The left return of the 17th-century section has a quoined first-floor doorway with a massive lintel.

The 19th-century part has a bay that breaks forward, featuring a round-headed iron casement with glazing bars. The doorway in bay three has an external stone ramp, and there is a first-floor doorway above with an ashlar surround. The other bays contain thirty-six-pane iron casements with projecting stone sills and plain lintels, while the second-floor window in bay two is blind. The ashlar gable copings have small end stacks, and the rear of the 19th-century section has three bays with similar iron casements.

Inside, the 17th-century part contains an early 19th-century cast-iron overshot wheel that drives three pairs of stones. It also features original king-post trusses with trenched purlins. The 19th-century section, which was originally steam-powered, now houses a rare Hornsby oil engine from 1911.

The history and technical details of the mill are discussed in depth in R. Shortland-Ball's article, "Worsbrough Corn Mill, South Yorkshire," published in the Industrial Archaeology Review, volume 2, number 3, in 1978.