Former Corn Mill Building At Dickinson'S Auto Spares, Corn Mill Fold

HORSFORTH LOW LANE SE 23 NE LS 18 (east side, off) 9/137 Former Corn Mill - building at Dickinson's Auto Spares, Corn Mill Fold - II

Water-powered corn mill, now store. Built between 1772 and 1787 by William Wright. Coursed squared sandstone with quoins, stone slate roofs. L-shaped plan formed by inter-linked blocks at right-angles. Three and two storeys. East block, on north-south axis, probably the mill, 3-storeys and 3 bays, has square 2-light windows with slightly-recessed flat-faced mullions, irregularly arranged and mostly blocked at the lower levels, 3 at the top level now boarded; quoined vertical joint between 2nd and 3rd bays up to 1st floor level, some anciently-blocked windows to the right of this, and a slit-breather. South gable has garage doorway at ground floor, a 2-light window to 2nd floor, a similar window in the apex of the gable with stacked pigeon-holes and perching ledges above it. South block, (partly overlapping this gable), 2 storeys and 3 bays, has a segmental-arched wagon entrance in the centre, 2 blocked loading doors above, blocked 2-light windows on 3 levels to the right and to the left a doorway at ground floor and 2 vertically-aligned vertical-rectangular blocked windows to the left of this, all these with plain surrounds. Vertical joint near left corner, and remains of wall of formerly abutting building.

Reference: Alastair Laurence, Woodside and its Industries, 1985.

Listing NGR: SE2528537794