Alvescot Mill

Alvescot Mill is a water mill and mill-house, likely originating in the early 18th century, with alterations from the late 18th to early 19th centuries and the 20th century. The attached mill building dates from the mid to late 18th century, with an extension over the mill stream added in 1845. The structure is built from coursed limestone rubble and features stone slate roofs, with brick chimneys on the gable ends.

The house has two storeys and an attic, consisting of two bays. Its front includes 18th to 19th century four-pane boxed sash windows with wooden lintels, a central hipped roof dormer with a two-light barred wooden casement, and a large 20th century bay window with similar casements and a hipped roof, which replaced a former central entry. There is a globe fire insurance plaque located below the eaves. The current entrance is through a 20th century two-storey lobby extension made of roughcast brick with a flat roof, positioned to the left. The gable ends have single lights on either side of the chimney, all of which are blocked except for those in the attic storey.

At the rear, there are catslide extensions and an 18th to 19th century link wing connecting to the mill building. The mill itself has two storeys and a loft, and is approximately three bays wide. The east side features irregular single lights with wooden glazing bars and lintels, a stable-type door to the left, and a semi-circular dressed stone arch from 1845 over the mill stream to the right. There is a large 19th century single-storey lean-to extension in the center. The rear of the mill and the far gable have leaded and wooden casements, with the extension featuring stone arches.

Although the mill wheel is missing, much of the machinery remains, including the main shaft, gear wheels, two mill stones, hoppers, bins, and wooden scales. The mill occupies a medieval site, noted in the Hundred Rolls of 1279, and was documented as belonging to the Tanner family from 1665 to 1881. An attached cottage, which was formerly a boiler room, is not considered to have special architectural interest.