Powdermill House Powdermill Hotel Formerly Listed As Powdermill House

Powdermill House, now the Powdermill Hotel, is a house dating back to approximately 1794, that was later converted into a hotel around 1980. It is constructed of painted brick, with brick external stacks and a tiled hipped roof.

The building has a complex, L-shaped layout. A central entrance stair hall connects double-depth ranges on either side; the right-hand range extends back, incorporating single-storey process buildings within a re-entrant area.

The two-storey front elevation has a 2:1:3 window arrangement on the ground floor, with a hipped block to the left of the wider central block, linked by a one-window porch to the right-hand block. It is of a mid-Georgian style, presenting a near-symmetrical facade. The central block features a parapeted entrance with a flat roof, and a panelled door with margin lights, sheltered by a deep canopy supported by columns. The windows are hornless sashes, with 6/9-pane on the ground floor and 6/6-pane on the first floor, set in flush frames. An oculus is positioned on the first floor to the left of the central window. The left-hand range has a single window facing the front. A right-hand wing extends to the rear, displaying four windows; a series of narrow, single-storey ranges with hipped roofs extend from both sides at the rear.

The interior has been altered, but the stair hall contains a staircase with stick balusters.

The Battle gunpowder mill operated from the late 17th century until 1876, and was one of three mills situated on the River Asten. Powdermill House was rebuilt following an explosion in 1796. It served as the proprietor's residence along with various process buildings, which likely included the single-storey ranges at the rear. The concentrated arrangement of the processes within a single, large structure is unusual for the gunpowder industry, where buildings were typically dispersed. The relationship between the house and the water-powered activities of the mill, situated below the mill pond, remains unclear.