Water Mill And Mill House

TL 97 SW IXWORTH THETFORD ROAD (SOUTH SIDE)

1/64 Watermill and Mill House 14.7.55 (formerly listed as Ixworth Mill and Mill House)

GV II*

A disused watermill and mill house. C18. 3 storeys and attic. Timber-framed and weatherboarded, with lucam on the east end. Slate roof. Small-paned sash windows in flush frames. Internal cast iron breast shot water-wheel. 3 pairs of underdriven stones. Machinery complete; apart from east iron stone nuts, all in wood. 'I.Lowe - 1800' carved in large letters on the timber supporting the base of the upright shaft, dates the machinery. John Lowe was miller in the late C18/ and early C19 (see parish records in Record Office, Bury St. Edmunds). Mill House, early C17 and later. 2 storeys. Timber-framed and plastered. Red brick tumbled gable on south, partly covered by later extension. Black glazed pantiles, internal chimney-stack. Late C19 casement windows with single glazing bar. North gable, facing road, has 2 small-paned sash windows in flush frames. Adjoins the west side of the Watermill.

Listing NGR: TL9274671094