Ivy Cottage Ivy Mill

STONE RURAL LONGTON ROAD 1. 5373 Oulton Ivy Mill and Ivy Cottage SJ 93 NW 6/6 16.9.77.

II GV 2. Circa 1740 in origin. Later alterations and additions. The mill was first used for linseed oil, later as a bone grinding mill, and latterly for stone grinding. Formerly called Oil Mill and also Goodwin's Mill. Painted brick with tiled roof. Approached by a bridge over the stream and entered on an upper storey through a later plain doorway with a casement window at either side. At the rear is a pitch back waterwheel 19 ft in diameter and 6 ft wide. Interior has 2 pans driven from a common upright shaft, one on a floor above the other. Attached to south-west is the wash tub room with, to west, the drying kiln, and to south is Ivy Cottage proper,of painted brick with tiled roof and 3-storeyed. Irregular fenestration; generally C19 wood casement windows; plain doorway with tiled wood porch and a modern lean-to,partly tiled and partly glazed.

Listing NGR: SJ9160035446