Ardington Mill And Attached Pottery

Ardington Mill is a water mill with origins in the early 19th century, later modified in the 19th century. It is constructed of red brick featuring flared headers in Flemish bond and has an old plain-tile roof. The building is two stories high and has three bays. There is a 20th-century part-glazed door to the right of the center, a two-light segmental-headed wood casement window with a segmental brick head to the left, and a single-light wood casement window with a segmental brick head in the center. A hoist doorway is located at the center of the first floor, fitted with a 20th-century door, and features a platform and gabled hood supported by shaped brackets. Although the interior was not inspected, it is noted to contain an overshot iron wheel from the early 19th century with wooden blades or scoops, while the rest of the machinery had been removed for restoration at the time of the survey.

To the left of the mill is an attached dairy, now functioning as a pottery, built around 1880. It has a coursed stone rubble plinth, red brick to the right, and close-studded timber-framing with rendered infill to the left, topped with an old plain-tile roof and a brick end stack at the junction with the mill. This structure is designed in an Olde English style and is a single-storey, single-bay range to the right, with a single storey and attic, and a two-bay cross-wing to the left. There is a lean-to porch on the right featuring an open wood baluster screen, a 20th-century part-glazed door on the right return of the cross-wing, and double-leaf doors to the right. Some upper panels of the timber-framing to the left have leaded lights. The interior of the ground floor room to the left includes slate shelves and decorative tiling. Historically, the mill was likely rebuilt, and the dairy was constructed as part of the progressive policy of the Lockinge Estate, supplying the Ardington bakery and shop.