The Mill

The Mill is a combined mill and millhouse located in Hardwick, with the millhouse dating from the mid 18th century and featuring an early 17th century rear wing. The front of the building is constructed from squared and coursed limestone, while the rest is made of coursed rubble. The rear wing was originally timber-framed. The roof is gabled, covered with stone slates at the front and concrete tiles at the rear, and there are symmetrical stone stacks finished in brick at both ends. The structure is L-shaped, with the rear right wing, and has two storeys plus an attic, presenting a symmetrical three-window range.

The main entrance features a 19th century six-panelled door with an overlight, and there are chamfered timber lintels above the six-pane sash windows. The building has two gabled roof dormers with 19th century two-light casements. The rear wing, which also has a three-window range, includes chamfered timber lintels over 20th century casements and a bracketed flat hood over a 19th century plank door. Inside, there is a chamfered bressumer above an open fireplace on the left, and the roof is supported by butt-purlins. The rear wing retains large stone lintels over an open fireplace, along with stop-chamfered and quartered beams and wall plates from the original early 17th century timber-framed house.

At the rear, the mill dates from the mid 18th century, with possible medieval origins. It is built of coursed limestone rubble and has a gabled concrete tile roof. The mill is two storeys high, featuring a 20th century loft door, a timber lintel above a 20th century plank door at the rear, early 19th century brick infill to the central bay, and a simple pointed chamfered stone doorway from the 14th or 15th century at the front. Inside, there is a three-bay butt-purlin roof (with purlins removed), some machinery, and two 18th century grain hoppers set on barrels at the rear.