Sheene Mill

Sheene Mill is a water mill that has been converted into a restaurant. It dates from the late 17th century and was extended in the 20th century. The building is timber framed, weatherboarded, and has a brick underbuilding that is now painted, with a brick dated 1833 in the rear wall. It features a half hipped, tiled roof with inserted stacks. The mill has a three bay plan, with a narrower bay that once housed the undershot wheel, which has since been removed. The structure is two storeys high with an attic, and there are mid-20th century dormers on the rear wall. The front and ground storeys have small pane mid-20th century casements and a door of a similar period set in a round headed arch. Inside, the mill has a side purlin roof with substantial timbers for the principals, along with some inserted ceiling timbers at the ground floor in the hall. The main posts are original and have jowled heads. A watermill is mentioned in the Domesday Book, and it is linked to Sheene Manor in Meldreth, which was given to the Carthusian monastery at Sheen, Surrey in the early 15th century. After the Dissolution, it was transferred to Sir Robert Chester of Royston.