Hallingbury Mill

TL41NE 4/92

LITTLE HALLINGBURY MILL LANE Hallingbury Mill

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A fully restored Watermill built 1874 with the rebuilt granary standing on the site of the mill demolished in 1885. 3 storeys and loft. The ground floor is brick built with arched window and door openings. Stone floor, Binn floor and Loft are timber framed and clad with vertical weatherboarding the exception of right return wall which is hung with grey slate tiles. Said to be the only known surviving vertical weatherboarded building of its kind in the South East. Front and Rear lucombs with ornamental iron brackets. Red pantile roofs to Mill and rebuilt granary. 4 paned windows throughout the building. All the main timber structure is original and the crossbeams tenon into the main uprights. Main beams 12" x 9" x 22' long are tied in with smith made iron ties and dogs. Much of the original machinery has been retained including Water Wheel, 7' breadth 16' diameter with 48 floats of low breast type, also Pit Wheel, Trough, Spier Wheel, Crown Wheel and Stone nuts. 4 pair of Stone Wheels were originally installed, only one pair now remains complete. The mill can produce small quantities of wholemeal flour since its restoration. There are 2 old machines mounted for demonstration in the building, one is a warehouse separator and the other a brush machine.

Listing NGR: TL4958316922