The Mill

HARDWICK WITH YELFORD HARDWICK SP3706 19/192 The Mill 12/09/55 (Formerly listed as Hardwick Mill Farmhouse)

GV II

Mill and millhouse. Millhouse is mid C18 with early C17 rear wing. Limestone, squared and coursed to front and rest of coursed rubble; rear wing originally timber-framed. Gabled roof with stone slates to front and concrete tiles to rear; symmetrical end stacks of stone finished in brick. L-plan with rear right wing. 2 storeys and attic; symmetrical 3-window range. Timber lintel over C19 six-panelled door with overlight. Chamfered timber lintels over 6-pane sashes; 2 gabled roof dormers with C19 two-light casements. Rear wing, of 3-window range, has chamfered timber lintels over C20 casements and bracketed flat hood over C19 plank door. Interior: chamfered bressumer over open fireplace to left. Butt-purlin roof. Rear wing has large stone lintels over open fireplace; stop-chamfered and quartered beams and wall plates of original early C17 timber-framed house. Subsidiary features: mill to rear: mid C18 with possible medieval origins, of coursed limestone rubble with gabled concrete tile roof; of 2 storeys, with C20 loft door, timber lintel over C20 plank door to rear, early C19 brick infill to central bay and simple C14/C15 pointed chamfered stone doorway to front. Interior: 3-bay butt-purlin roof (purlins removed); some machinery and two C18 grain hoppers set on barrels with turned balusters to rear. (Bodleian Library, M.S. Top, Oxon, d.271, f.32, for drawing of 1838).

Listing NGR: SP3789506077