Bedgreave Old Mill

WALES MANSFIELD ROAD SK48SE (west side, off), Wales Bar 4/116 Bedgreave Old Mill 5.12.75 (formerly listed as Farmhouse Barn to South West of Bedgreave Mill)

GV II

Remains of corn mill. C16 or C17, undergoing reconstruction at time of resurvey. Thinly-coursed sandstone, no roof at time of resurvey. Single storey, single cell. Large quoins. Intact north gable has inserted doorway on right and double-chamfered, 2-light mullioned window in gable (now bricked up). Opposite end wall rebuilt with large, quoined opening spanned by old tie beam, no gable walling. Right return: side wall has low slit window beneath opening with square-faced surround.

Interior: central tie beam with soffit mortices, old wall plates.

A mill at Bedgreave is referred to in a settlement to the Darcy family in 1631. Although apparently post-medieval the building is in the form of a medieval single-cell mill which would have grindstones raised on a platform at one end lit by side-wall windows, the drive coming from a pit beneath; survivals of such medieval structures are exceedingly rare.

Notes and photographs in South Yorkshire Ancient Monuments and Sites Record, Sheffield , Primary Index No 2184.

Listing NGR: SK4533382756