Wootton Mill

Wootton Mill, originally a paper mill and later a corn mill, was also used as a munitions factory during the First and Second World Wars. It has since been converted into six dwellings. The main building consists of two distinct stages of construction: a section dating to circa 1766 on the left, and a section built around 1824 to the right. Later additions and alterations include a late 19th-century range to the right, likely early 20th-century fire escapes, and conversion work from circa 1980 for Mr Tony Earle and associates.

The mill is constructed of pinkish-brown brick in Flemish bond on the front facade, with English bond to the sides and rear, and has a plain-tile roof. Cast-iron fire escapes are also present. The range to the left has a double-pitch roof, while the range to the right has a single-pitch roof.

The exterior is four storeys high with an attic, featuring twelve first-floor windows and a two-storey, single-window range to the right. The left range primarily has 20th-century casement windows with glazing bars under cambered arches. A tall casement window marks the former loading bay in the centre of the first floor. Ground-floor entrances are located in the third, fifth, and tenth window bays, featuring 20th-century glazed and plank doors under cambered arches. A garage door sits in the seventh window bay. The building has modillion eaves and an off-centre pediment with modillions, containing a casement window under a cambered arch. The right range has a plank door in a brick porch to the left. Window openings on the right return, featuring stick balusters and openwork treads on the fire escapes, and similar openings on the rear elevation, all under cambered heads.

The interior of the left range retains some boxed beams and stanchions, along with original roof timbers including collar beams and rafters. The right range retains stanchions on most floors, although they are now blocked in. Window surrounds are mainly splayed. The ground floor boiler room retains a coal chute and cast-iron stove, with a flagged stone floor. The second floor has boxed-in ceiling beams, one of which rests on a brick corbel. The roof of the right-hand section is a three-bay collar and post construction with two tiers of purlins, rafters and tension braces. Local tradition suggests a barrel-vaulted culvert runs under the mill and the road, with gates, however this has not been confirmed. The mill is situated adjacent to the River Alne.