Hogstow Mill

Hogstow Mill is a farmhouse, now a house, dating from the early to mid-17th century, with a likely 18th-century addition. It was partially rebuilt in the 19th century and further altered in the mid-20th century. The building is timber-framed with painted brick nogging, with some areas rebuilt in rendered rubble stone and painted brick, and has a plain tile roof with a catslide over a partial outshut at the rear. It is arranged in a T-plan, comprising two framed bays aligned approximately east-west, with an addition to the west and a wing to the north. The timber framing features square panels, three from sole-plate to wall-plate, with long straight tension braces. The house is one storey and attic in height, with a two-storey and gable-lit attic section. Dormers with early-20th-century three-light leaded wooden casements are visible on the right-hand side. A rebuilt brick ridge stack is located off-centre to the right (rebuilt above the roof in the late 20th century) and a 20th-century external brick end stack replaces an earlier one to the left. The front has a three-window elevation; a 19th-century three-light leaded wooden casement is on the first floor to the left, and 20th-century three- and four-light wooden casements to the right. A three-light window and boarded door are on the left, behind a 20th-century lean-to addition which also features a three-light window and boarded door. The right-hand return front has a centrally located half-glazed door with an early-19th-century panelled surround and bracketed porch. Inside, the roof structure comprises exposed collar and tie-beams with queen struts and v-struts. A 19th-century two-storey gabled wing is present at the rear with a dentil brick eaves cornice. Two 20th-century gabled dormers are also at the rear. The interior reveals timber-framed square-panelled cross-walls with tension braces, chamfered beams and joists with ogee stops and an open fireplace. A ground-floor room to the right has painted, probably 19th-century panelling. The roof has collar and tie-beam trusses with queen struts, single purlins with wind braces. A corn mill and fulling mill had been established on the site by 1581. The house is part of a complete mill group, including the former mill and stables to the south, and a large barn to the west. A mid-20th-century photograph, preserved within the house, shows the building before later 20th-century alterations.