Mill

TM 1245 SPROUGHTON LOWER STREET 5/48 Mill GV II Watermill. Late C18. Red brick in Flemish bond, hipped glazed Black pantile roof. 4 storeys, 5 bays, the left and right bays having blind recessed brick panels beneath segmental arches. The 2nd and 4th bays have 12-light timber casements beneath similar arches. The central bay has a boarded door to the ground floor and first floor, that to ground floor beneath flat arch, and a 2 storey Lucum above. 4 round iron ties to 2nd and 3rd floors. Left hand return. Double boarded doors. 3 blind recessed brick panels. Ties to 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors. Rear. Arranged as the front elevation but the central bay is plain, without openings. Mill race beneath mill, fed through 2 brick arches beneath brick wall with stone parapet, set forward from the mill building. No internal fittings or machinery. Mill in use until 1947.

Listing NGR: TM1248345102