Building On North Side Of Road Approximately 40 Metres West Of Junction With Main Street

ABERFORD CATTLE LANE SE43NW LS25 (north side) 2/5 Building on north side of road approx. 40 metres west of junction with Main Street

GV II

Former water mill, now garage. Probably late C18; altered. Squared magnesian limestone, tiled roof. Rectangular plan built on slope between road above and riverside meadow below. 2 storeys with basement, 3 bays. Road front has inserted garage doors at ground level, a loading door above; right gable has at basement level the exposed arched top of an opening for the exit of a watercourse, at ground-floor level 2 square windows (one blind or blocked), at lst-floor level an arched 2-light window with Y-tracery, and a gable chimney; rear (towards river) has at basement level a large semi-circular shallow recess with a square opening in the centre but otherwise rendered (position of former waterwheel), one square window to the left, 2 similar windows at ground floor level above, and a blocked small horizontal window under the eaves. Reference A. G. Bennett, T. Hayton, K. Hewitt Aberford in Times Past (Countryside Publications, Chorley, no date): photograph on p.32 showing water wheel and goit, and lettering on east gable wall:- H. MOON (COR)N MILLER (ME)RCHANT

Listing NGR: SE4331037268