Mill House (Hamilton Kerr Institute) And Mill

TL 4648 WHITTLESFORD MILL LANE 10/328 Mill House (Hamilton Kerr Institute) and 22.11.67 Mill GV II House, by Ebenezer Hollick, miller (d.1828) dated brick near entrance E.H.1763. C19 and c.1970 additions and alterations. Red brick with gauged brick and limestone dressings. Plain tiled roofs. Two storeys with attics, double pile plan with irregular five 'bay' facade. Plain parapet with parapet gables and end stacks. Moulded brick cornice and band between floors and plinth. First floor brick coursed with headers. Entrance with Doric pilasters and entablature; four ground floor and five first floor slightly recessed twelve-paned hung sash windows shaped to segmental brick arched heads with stone console keys. Two hipped dormer windows. Interior: Details largely C19 include a (late C18 white marble fireplace RCHM since removed) and two first floor eared wooden fireplaces. The mill of two ranges linked by a cartway has been altered as studios, library and liviing accommodation. Some corn bins in situ in the attic floor and pulley wheel. Other machinery removed. VCH. Vol I p270. RCHM Report 1950

Listing NGR: TL4774148392