Brindleys Corn Mill

Brindley's Corn Mill is a corn mill built in 1752, designed by James Brindley. The structure is made of coursed and squared stone and brick, topped with a plain-tiled roof. Currently, only two-thirds of the original building remains, as part of it was demolished for road-widening in 1948.

The mill is two storeys high, with a brick side wall featuring stone quoins at the original angle to the right. The left-hand gable has been rebuilt along the line of the internal partition wall after the demolition. There is a wide, shallow segmental archway to the left, which was formerly central to the main elevation, complete with a hoodmould and keystone, and a lunette above it. To the right, there are two round-arched windows on each floor, which may have been recut. The gable return is made of roughly coursed and squared stonework, housing a wheel that was previously in a lean-to timber structure, aligned parallel to the gable. The upper storey features a central round-arched window flanked by square windows with stressed chamfered architraves.

Inside, the mill has a heavy internal structure with tie-beams on each floor to support the stones and machinery, and a curved tie-beam of a king-post truss in the roof. The mill was operational until 1940 and still retains much of its machinery, which was restored in the late 20th century. It features a breast-shot wooden water wheel that drives three sets of stones via an internal pit wheel, which was renewed along with the axle shaft in the 19th century. The original timber main shaft and wallower have also been renewed in the 19th century. The tentering gear for the three pairs of stones showcases three generations of construction: timber, timber and cast-iron, and cast-iron. A three-window range that was demolished in 1948 likely included the original drying floors. The mill is also a Scheduled Ancient Monument.