Monk'S Mill And Wall Containing Mill Race

SK 69 SE SCROOBY MONKS MILL LANE (west side)

1/125 Monk's Mill & Wall Containing Mill Race. (Formerly listed as 1.2.67 Monk's Mill House and Water Mill)

G.V. II

House, outbuildings and wall with mill race, formerly mill. C17 and C18 restored mid C20. Red brick and ashlar. Pantile roofs with single brick stack to the rear left. Dentillated eaves to all but the single storey wing and the wing containing the archway. 2 storeys plus garret, 3 bays. To the right is a lower, slightly set back, 2 storey, 4 bay wing, the right 2 bays receding at an angle. To the left is a 2 storey 3 bay wing, this was once 2 storeys plus garret. Further left, slightly set back, is a 2 storey, 2 bay wing and finally a single storey, single bay wing. The 2 storey plus garret wing has ashlar on the ground floor. Single storey gabled ashlar porch, with blocked sides. The chamfered entrance arch is shaped at the top and has chamfer stops. To the right is a single large arched glazing bar fixed light and a single glazing bar fixed light with a small blocked opening under. The right wing has from left to right a single blocked window opening, a single glazing bar Yorkshire sash under a segmental arch, a single small C20 casement in a taller and narrower opening and a blocked doorway. The left wings have from right to left a single C20 glazing bar casement with 2 blocked ashlar arches under, a single glazing bar Yorkshire sash under a segmental arch, an archway with flush ashlar quoin surround dated 1783, a single glazing bar Yorkshire sash under a segmental arch in a larger opening and a single similar Yorkshire sash. Above the porch is a single glazing bar Yorkshire sash under a segmental arch. To the left are 2 C20 casements, a single C20 glazing bar Yorkshire sash and a single C20 glazing bar casement. To the right is a single tall glazing bar sliding sash, a single glazing bar casement and a single glazing bar Yorkshire sash, these latter 3 are all under segmental arches. On the walls are C18 graffiti dated 1722, and 1792. Left of the porch is 'Thomas Seaton 1756'. Interior has inscription '1778 IW TPX'. There remains a single piece of the main shaft. In front of the mill is a brick wall with ashlar coping containing 3 mill races. To the left are 2 brick arches with a single central ashlar cutwater and remnants of a further similar cutwater to the right. Further right is a single ashlar arch.

Listing NGR: SK6511691002