Hoveringham Mill And Mill Farm House

Hoveringham Mill and Mill Farm House are a water-powered corn mill and a house, dating to 1778 and 1846 respectively. The buildings are constructed of red brick with pantile roofs, situated over Dover Beck.

The mill itself is a three-storey, three-bay structure slightly set back from the main house. A single red brick stack is located at the rear left, and the building features dentil eaves and a single central fixed light beneath a segmental arch. A doorway with a double plank door is positioned to the left, also under a segmental arch. Above, there’s a single glazing bar fixed light, another fixed light under a segmental arch, and a later opening with a plank door and concrete sill. An ashlar plaque inscribed "BCF 1778" is set into the left gable. Attached to the left are two open lean-tos, and to the right, a single-storey, two-bay wing that houses the water wheel.

The two-storey, two-bay house is positioned to the right of the mill. A projecting two-storey, three-bay range, dated 1846, extends from the house. This later addition features two 20th-century red brick gable stacks, dogtooth eaves, and a blue brick band at its base. A central doorway with a panelled door, glazing bar overlight, and a hood supported by two brackets provides access. Flanking this doorway are single glazing bar sashes under segmental arches, with three glazing bar sashes above. An ashlar plaque inscribed "R F 1846" is present in the left gable. The original section of the house has a red brick gable stack in the left gable, dentil eaves, a single glazing bar sash under a segmental arch, a blocked opening beneath another segmental arch, and a single small sash above. Single-storey wings and outbuildings extend to the rear of the house.

A red brick wall, with brick coping, extends over the mill race and in front of the right two bays of the mill and the single-storey wing, for approximately ten metres. It terminates at the north side with a small pier having shaped ashlar coping and at the south end with shaped ashlar coping. The wall curves to accommodate two segmental arches, separated by a single brick pier, from which single-coursed rubble walls project.

The mill's interior retains all original machinery, including three pairs of stones, various gearing, a wooden water wheel measuring 11 feet in diameter, a pit wheel, a great spur wheel, a face gear wheel, hoppers, a hoist, and vats. The structure exhibits stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops.