Chesterton Watermill

This is a watermill dating from around 1660, with an addition constructed in the 19th century. It is built of limestone ashlar, with a moulded cornice, and the addition is of Flemish bond red brick. The roof is tiled, with stone and 19th-century brick stacks. The mill was originally a two-unit building extended to three bays. It has two storeys and an attic, with a one-storey and attic addition to account for the rising ground level. The front elevation is symmetrical, with an 8-panelled door set in a moulded architrave and a pedimented Tuscan doorcase featuring baseless half columns, a pedestal, and a ball finial. The windows are cross windows, set in moulded architraves with a pulvinated frieze and cornice, and a moulded sill. A central moulded round-arched niche is present, with an impost band. The addition has a boarded-up doorway and a dormer window. A plank door, set in an intermittently rusticated surround with a moulded lintel, is located on the right return side, above which is a cross window. The rear features small windows in moulded, eared architraves; two are blocked on the ground floor and three on the first floor. Two small 19th-century brick segmental arches indicate the position of a 19th-century overshot water wheel, which projects from the wall. An additional window and dormer are present on the addition’s rear. All windows are currently boarded up. The interior remains uninspected. The mill was likely associated with Chesterton House, which was demolished in 1802.