Burton Mill

LINTON CP SO 62 SE

6/24 Burton Mill 1+J II

Water-powered corn mill. Probably c1800 with earlier remains. Sandstone rubble with tile roof. Three storeys with basement. South-east wall has gabled projection at, left which has a first floor doorway with plain reveals. To its right, there are doorways to the ground and first floors. Further right a wetherboarded gabled hoist chamber is cantilevered from the upper storey. The left-hand gable wall has a window at the right with plain reveals, a window to each upper storey with segmental brick arch, and a ground floor doorway with similar arch. The right-hand gable wall has similar windows: one at basement level and two to both the ground and first floors. An iron overshot wheel with penstock timber control box projects from the wall. The rear wall is of two bays. A Straight joint suggests that some masonry remains from an earlier building. Interior : machinery remains, including two mill stones, shafts, grain shutes, winnowing machines, and hoists. The roof trusses have bolted king-posts rising from collars. Interrupted tie-beams at wall head level are jointed to angled braces which rise from the floor to meet the principals.

Listing NGR: SO6609524096