Wiston Mill

Nayland with Wissington 1. 5377 Wiston Mill, Wiston TL 93 SE 15/599 II*

1. A fine C18-C19 timber-framed and weatherboarded watermill no longer in use and partly converted into a dwelling. A mill has been on the site from the C16 and the mill race, over which the mill is built contains Tudor brickwork. fit the south end there is the remains of a water wheel. The mill comprises a gabled centre part of 3 storeys and loft with loft hoists on the east and west ends and 2-storeyed side wings. 1:2:1 window range, double-hung sashes with glazing bars. The ground storey is of brick. At the north end a C16 timber-framed and plastered house extends east and west it was altered into cottages, probably in the C18 and was incorporated into the mill house in the C20. A short wing joins the C16 block with the mill. The windows are C20 casements with leaded lights. The interior has exposed timber-framing ceiling beams and joists. The roofs of the mill are slate and of the old house, tiled. The mill stands over a brick bridge with the mill lade on the east side. This brickwork incorporates C16 brick of an earlier mill. At the east front of the mill the bridge is paved with granite setts. The C19 mill machinery still remains in the interior.

Listing NGR: TL9623333282