The Mill House

The Mill House is a house that was formerly a farmhouse and likely served as the mill house for the Bembridge windmill. It dates from around 1700 and has been altered in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, with restoration completed in 1988. The building is constructed of Isle of Wight stone rubble with large quoins and features a plain tiled roof along with brick chimney stacks.

This is a three-bay lobby entry house with one storey and attics, and it has a rear outshut that extends across the left-hand bay. A gabled porch has been added between the left-hand bays, which includes thin red brick quoins, a one-light window, shaped stone kneelers, and coping with a boarded door on the right side. To the left of the porch is a three-light window, and there are two more to the right, all of which are 20th-century additions set in raised concrete surrounds. The house also features two 20th-century gabled dormers with shaped kneelers at the raised brick verges. A broad ridge stack has been rebuilt in line with the porch.

The rear of the house has various 20th-century windows and a door that is surrounded by quoins. The left side shows a line of quoins, indicating that the outshut is an addition at that end. There is a two-light small pane window on the upper floor in a raised concrete surround. The right side has two two-light windows on the ground floor, a three-light 20th-century window above, and a one-light window in the attic, all in raised concrete surrounds.

Inside, the house features various old doors and beams. The former rear wall, now within the added outshut, has a quoined doorway and a small window on the upper floor to the right. The left-hand room, which was the former parlour, includes a moulded spine beam with lambs tongue stops, an 18th-century bolection moulded fireplace surround, and a corner cupboard with a round arched top and keyed cornice. There is also an eaves cornice on the internal partition wall. The staircase, located behind the stack, has narrow plank-like balusters. The first floor features panelled and board partitioning along with doors. In the attic, the principal rafter roof trusses are supported by through purlins.