Harracles Mill

Harracles Mill is a late 18th century and 19th century corn mill that is powered by water. It is constructed from coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and features a plain tile roof and quoins. The west front has a slightly off-centre doorway accessed by a flight of eight stone steps. To the right of the doorway is a glazing bar casement window, and to the left is a tiny casement window, with a basement stable and plank door beyond. Above the door, there is a two-light glazing bar casement window, and another similar window is located above that. The south gable wall has a plank door on the left and a small glazing bar window on the right, with another glazing bar window in the gable above. The east front has various blocked openings and a through eaves dormer with glazing bars.

The mill still retains its 19th century iron water wheel, which measures 16 feet by 4 feet and is a breast shot wheel, although most of its wooden spokes have rotted away. The interior preserves all its original machinery, including an over-driven spur-wheel and four pairs of millstones, three of which are driven directly from the spur-wheel, while the fourth is powered by two lines of counter shaft from the extended teeth of the spur-wheel. There are no corn-bins on the upper floor, but there is a slack-chain type of sock hoist driven by a 13-foot wooden shaft connected to the upright shaft. This building was formerly the mill for the Harracles Hall Estates, which were owned by a branch of the Wedgwood family.