Maplehurst Mill

The List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 20 February 2017.

STAPLEHURST MILL LANE TQ 84 SW (West side) Frittenden/Staplehurst

4/93 Maplehurst Mill

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House with water-mill attached for David Papillon of Acrise. House C17, or possibly earlier, with later alterations and additions. West range of mill 1756, east range mid C19. Mill of 2 parallel ranges, that to west 1756, that to east mid C19 and wrapped round part of north gable end of C18 section. House, probably originally free-standing, adjoins south gable end of C19 range and faces west away from road. House: west elevation red brick in Flemish bond. First floor of south gable end tile-hung. Plain tile roof. 2 storeys on brick plinth. Hipped roof. Filleted red and grey brick stack towards centre. Regular 3-window front of two recessed tripartite sashes and central 2-light casement. Tripartite sashes with cambered heads to ground floor. Central boarded door. Rear return wing to right red and grey brick on ground floor, tile-hung above with hipped roof. Shorter weatherboarded, gabled rear wing to left. Interior not inspected. Mill: C18 range: red and grey brick in English bond, with weatherboarded gables and plain tile roof. 2 storeys and attic on brick plinth. Half-hipped gambrel roof. One 2-light casement to each gable end. Stable door with segmental head to north end of west elevation. Boarded door to south gable end. Dated brick HB 1756 IL to north, DP 1756 to south. Undershot waterwheel to north gable end, with sluice to west. C19 range: timber framed, weather- boarded, with slate roof. 3 storeys. Hipped roof. North gable-end loading door to each floor. 2 two-light casements to second floor to east side, and 3 to each of ground and first floors. Interior: carved on a beam in the old mill the letters S and I divided by a line. This marks the (still current) parish boundary between Staplehurst (Maidstone District) and Frittenden. The mill machinery, of various C18 to early C20 date, survives with remarkable completeness, although the water-driven mechanism is no longer operative, and is very fully described in M J Fuller and R J Spain, Watermitts (Kent and Borders of Sussex), pp 95-102) Waterwheel possibly of the relatively unusual pitch back type. Attached to the south east is the older mill house separately described and fully in Frittenden Civil Parish.

Listing NGR: TQ8030041718

The asset was previously listed twice also under List entry 1084735 listed in the parish of Frittenden. This entry was removed from the List on 20 February 2017.