The Mill Restaurant and Attached Aqueduct is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1992. Corn mill, restaurant. 1 related planning application.

The Mill Restaurant and Attached Aqueduct

WRENN ID
solemn-lintel-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stafford
Constituency
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge MP: Sir Gavin Williamson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 January 1992
Type
Corn mill, restaurant
Address
The Mill Restaurant and Attached Aqueduct, Mill Street, Stone, ST15 8BA
OS grid reference
SJ 905 340
Coordinates
52.90351, -2.14242
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Mill Restaurant and attached aqueduct is a former corn mill, now functioning as a restaurant, with a datestone inscribed "1795". The building is constructed of brick and features a tile roof, presenting a rectangular four-storey structure. On the left end, there is a large segmental-headed opening that has been filled with 20th-century paired doors. The fenestration is varied, including segmental-headed windows with 20th-century casements, and a first-floor loading door that has a renewed gabled canopy. A partially obscured datestone is located to the right. The left side of the building features a segmental-arched aqueduct that brings the mill leat to the first floor. At the rear, there is a 20th-century single-storey addition.

Inside, the ground floor has heavy timber beams supported by round iron columns, while the first floor features chamfered timber posts. The interior retains a great spur wheel, which is likely in its original position, although most of the machinery and the wheel have been removed. This site was formerly known as the Priory Mill, and it is notable that Stoney Richard Smith, the producer of Hovis flour, was born in the Mill House, which is not included in this listing.

Local climate

The Mill Restaurant and Attached Aqueduct receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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