Old Mill House

Old Mill House is an early 17th-century house, originally a mill house. It was substantially altered in the mid 17th century with the addition of a rear staircase tower, then refaced and extended in the 18th century, and later refenestrated in the 20th century. The house is timber-framed with painted brick and plaster infill, with painted brick to the front left side and part of the rear elevation, and has a tiled roof with a central brick chimneystack. The main building is two storeys and attic, with a three-window front, and there is a one-storey extension to the east.

The front elevation is of 18th-century painted brick, featuring 20th-century casement windows with leaded lights. A 18th-century central moulded architrave surrounds a 20th-century door and brick porch with a tiled roof. The right side of the building shows exposed timber framing with painted brick nogging, a box frame with a curved tension brace visible. There is an original bargeboard with a carved pendant, along with evidence of a previous jetty to the front elevation, suggesting the building originally had a continuous front jetty. The left side has painted brickwork. The rear elevation incorporates a projecting brick bay with a hipped roof and a central, mid-17th-century gabled stair tower with exposed framing and a catslide roof to the left. Attached to the east is an 18th or 19th-century extension with painted brick to the front and mainly painted stone rubble to the rear, under a tiled roof.

Inside, an original door surround with pintle hinge is visible on the east wall. The ground floor room on the east side has an open fireplace with a wooden bressumer, a central spine beam, and floor joists. The spine beam appears to have been trimmed, likely to accommodate a plastered ceiling in the 18th century. A wooden step leading to a cupboard, remaining from original cupboard stairs, is attached to the fireplace. The west ground floor room also has a wide open fireplace with a wooden bressumer and a ceiling containing a chamfered spine beam with fillet and stop, and a decorative carved post with roll-moulding, which was later trimmed, likely to accommodate plaster. There is a complete mid-17th century winder staircase, with an octagonal newel post topped with an ogival finial and flat balusters. The first floor contains two heated chambers with 17th-century brick fireplaces, wooden bressumers, and ceilings with spine beams and exposed floor joists. Significant portions of wall framing are visible. The winder staircase leads to the attics, which feature a 17th-century sans purlin roof with later added collars and purlins, as well as a section with staggered purlins.

The building was originally a mill house to a mill that was demolished in the late 19th century.