Chalkney Mill

Chalkney Mill is a watermill that was being converted into a dwelling at the time of the survey in April 1986. It dates from the early 18th century and has been altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is timber framed and weatherboarded, with some red brick, and is roofed with handmade red plain tiles. The main range faces east and is two storeys high with an attic. There is a 19th-century rear extension that is also two storeys tall, featuring a slate lean-to roof and an external stack on the right side. A single-storey extension from the 20th century is located at the right end, also with a slate lean-to roof. The building has a four-window range of 20th-century wooden casements, along with a 19th-century cast iron casement with 20 lights in a gabled dormer. There are two temporary doors on the ground floor and a plain boarded door on the first floor. Each gable features a cast iron casement with Gothic Revival tracery.

Inside, the mill retains the wheel pit, which includes an iron shaft made by Whitmore and Binyon of Wickham Market, along with the wallower and wooden spur wheel. Originally built as a fulling mill, it was converted for corn milling in the 19th century, which included a 2.5 storey extension at the right end and an engine house with a tall chimney at the rear, which has since been demolished since 1974. The mill was last used for milling in the 1930s, according to H. Benham's "Some Essex Water Mills" published in 1976.