The Mill

LOWER HEYFORD + +j j)+ LANE j 3P4824 .. . .... (East side) 3 LOWER HEYFORD MILL LANE SP4824 (East Side) 10/69 The Mill - II

Watermill and millhouse. Late C18/early C19, probably incorporating earlier elements, altered and converted C20. Limestone rubble with some ashlar dressings; coursed squared marlstone; Stonesfield-slate and Welsh-slate roofs with rebuilt brick stacks. Single range with extension to rear. 3 storeys plus attic. 6-window front of main range has, to right, a symmetrical 3-window arrangement with a central doorway, and to left has larger section; 2 bays of which have aligned windows flanking a 6-panel door, but the bay to extreme left has unaligned windows to first and second floors plus the rubble arch over the tail race. Windows have ashlar flat arches above renewed sashes:16-pane at ground and first floors, and 12-pane at second floor. A lower marlstone bay to right has renewed casements. Rear is irregular with renewed casements and C20 roof dormers, and is partly obscured by a large C19 marlstone rear wing roofed with Welsh slate, as are the rear slopes of the main roof. Interior: large inglenook fireplaces soft wood floor structure; substantial portions of the drive mechanism but only the shaft of the waterwheel. (VCH; Oxfordshire, Vol VI, p183)

Listing NGR: SP4896024980