Lowdham Mill And Footbridge

SK 64 NE LOWDHAM EPPERSTONE BY PASS (north side)

9/126 Lowdham Mill and Footbridge 11.8.61 (formerly listed as The Mill)

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Water mill and house, now house, with foot bridge. Mid C18 and early C19. C19 mill. Red brick. Pantile roof. Single red brick stack to the rear. Dentil eaves. 3 storeys plus garret. 3 bays. Doorway with glazing bar door, to the right is a single glazing bar casement and further right an archway with wood and iron water wheel behind. On the 1st and 2nd floors are 3 similar casements and in the garret a single similar casement. All casements and doorway are under segmental arches. To the right is a 2 storey painted brick and pantile wing with 3 large doorways and C20 doors. 3 segmental arched casements above. To the left of the mill and slightly set back, is the C18 rendered and plain tile house. Right gable and single ridge red brick stacks. Dentil eaves. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Having a doorway with glazing bar double door, to the left is a single buttress, a single tripartite glazing bar cross casement and further left a C19 render and plain tile gabled porch with arched entrance and inner panelled door under segmental arch. Above are 2 glazing bar cross casements and to the left a single similar single light casement. There is a single circular tie plate. To the left is a single storey single bay rendered and pantile wing with dentil eaves and single glazing bar tripartite casement. Extending in front of the mill is a foot bridge with C20 iron parapet terminating in single squat ashlar coped brick piers, single brick arch under. Interior has machinery for driving stones including great spur wheel and stone nuts. There is a wheel for opening the sluice gate.

Listing NGR: SK6663147327