Bulford Mill

Bulford Mill is a water and steam-powered corn mill dating to the 19th century. It is located on the north side of Mill Lane, Cressing, with roads to its southwest and southeast. The main structure is primarily red brick in English bond, with sections of timber framing and weatherboarding, and a slate roof. An engine house of gault brick in English bond, also with a slate roof, adjoins the mill at the east corner.

The mill building is rectangular, aligned approximately northeast to southwest, and stands four storeys high with an additional loft. The southeast elevation has a plain door on the ground floor, and tripartite sash windows with gauged segmental arches on the floors above. Loading doors are also present. The northwest elevation, facing Black Notley, features similar sash windows and smaller fixed lights. A segmental arch marks the entrance to the millrace. The northeast elevation has a mix of sash windows, blocked apertures, and casements. The southwest elevation contains an early 19th-century sash window and casements in the loft storey. The roof has two projecting purlins on each pitch.

The engine house has cast iron windows with semi-circular arches and projecting keystones, large sliding doors on the southeast side, and a gable featuring a similar window. The chimney, formerly located to the northwest, has been demolished.

The mill operated as a fulling mill from 1804 to 1813 before being converted for corn production. In 1882, it employed 16 people and had six pairs of stones, three driven by an overshot water wheel and three by a steam engine. Roller milling equipment was installed in 1892, and the water wheel was replaced with a turbine the following year. The stones were subsequently used primarily for barley processing. The mill continued to produce flour until 1947. Stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops are present.