Wellesbourne Mill And Mill House

This is a mid- to late 18th century watermill with an attached 19th-century mill house, located off Kineton Road in Wellesbourne. The mill is constructed of brick in English bond, while the house is of Flemish stretcher bond; both have gabled plain-tile roofs with brick ridge and end stacks.

The mill, the tallest part of the complex, has a top dentilled cornice and segmental-headed openings with iron casements. The south-west front has casements, an entrance with a wide pegged frame to paired plank doors, and a blind opening above. A 2-storey lean-to in a re-entrant angle has a 3-light casement over a single light, and the gable displays the date '1834' in blue headers with a diamond above. The south-east front features an entrance to the wheel chamber, and windows with 2-light casements to the first and attic floors. The rear (north-east) has a plank door entrance, a small-paned casement window with a projecting shaft and wooden wheel, and a shuttered window, alongside a window with a 3-light leaded casement to the first floor.

The mill house has two ranges, each with two windows, the left range being two storeys with an attic. The front has a top dentil brick cornice, segmental-headed openings, entrances with plank doors, and lean-to porches. The windows have 3- or 4-light small-paned casements with iron opening casements, and two gabled dormers. To the rear (north-west), a wing has segmental-headed windows with small-paned casements to each floor, and a 6/6 sash window above. A tall, narrow outshut is situated to the left.

Inside the house, original features include an open fireplace, chamfered spine beams, stone flags to most ground-floor rooms, and a winding stair separated from a room by panelling. The mill retains an original trenched double-purlin roof with clasped principals, chamfered spine beams, a wood and cast-iron low breast wheel, gear wheels of wood and iron, two pairs of stones, an automatic hoist, chutes, and bins. This is a complete example of a mill and mill house.