Little Faringdon Mill

Little Faringdon Mill is a mid- to late 18th-century mill and mill house, incorporating elements of an earlier building, with later additions and alterations. It is constructed of uncoursed limestone rubble with stone slate roofs. The mill house has a basic L-shaped layout, with a two-cell baffle-entry plan main range linked to a L-shaped mill building.

The mill house's main range has a single storey and attic. It features two 2-light Gothic casements with wooden lintels flanking a central ledged door. Above are two contemporary gabled eaves dormers with Gothic glazing. An infilled doorway is located on the far left side. A stone ridge stack with dripstones sits immediately to the left of centre, and an integral end stack with dripstones is on the right. The lower range, set back to the right, has a 20th-century casement in the centre and a raking eaves dormer in the angle to the left, with an external end stack and dripstones to the right. The rear of the mill house has 20th-century casements, gabled eaves dormers (including those on the projecting range), and 20th-century French windows to the main range. A small gabled addition containing a two-seater privy is attached to the projecting range.

The mill itself is three storeys high. A segmental brick arch on the right side covers a wooden undershot wheel, with an infilled opening on the left. Fire insurance plates from Sun and Britannia are visible. A 19th-century casement and iron S-braces are centrally located on the first floor. A single-storey office is attached to the left corner, featuring a coped segmental pediment and an early 19th-century round-headed window with a red brick end stack above. The left gable end has stable doors to the ground floor, a plank door to the first floor, and a weatherboarded gabled hoist projection to the second floor. 19th-century red brick segmental-headed casements are present on the left return and rear gable.

The house's interior has been extensively altered in the late 20th century, with features including late 20th-century chamfered ceiling beams and a carved 18th-century wooden fireplace surround, brought in from another location to the end stack of the main range. The mill has a stone-flag floor and chamfered ceiling beams on the ground floor. Original wooden cogs and gearing for the wheel remain, alongside a flour trough and chutes from the floor above. The first floor contains chamfered ceiling beams, three corn bins, a millstone (no longer in situ), and an 18th-century ladder staircase to the second floor. The second floor has pulleys for lifting gear, a double-purlin collar truss roof, and chutes leading to the corn bins below.

A mill is first documented at Little Faringdon in the Domesday Book. Although the mill is no longer in production, the wheel remains in working order.