Bourne Mill

SU 84 NE 12/141 26.4.50

GUILDFORD ROAD(North side) Bourne Mill

GII C17,C18 and modernised(now an antique shop and a club).An irregular block partly four storey and partly three storey.East front part weatherboarded and part tile hung to upper part over lower storey of brick,with mansard old tile,hipped roof and irregular leaded casements.The south front to road is in three sections.To right hand gable and of four storeys and attic,the upper part tile-hung on two storey of brick with four stepped brick buttresses.One four-light attic casement.Three casements on third floor,two-light two similar casements on first floor and second floors in outer bays.Two pairs of small modern casements on ground floor.The adjoining and central section,of C18 front altered early C19 is of three storeys which are carried up to the parapet with brick coping.Two square sash windows on second floor,two windows,four panes wide,with stucco surrounds on first floor with two-light leaded casement to right hand.One three-light window,with stucco surround,to left hand on ground floor-five panel,C18,door to right hand of centre in stucco surround with console brackets and cornice,and modern ledged door with side light in right hand corner.Behind the street front is a timber framed wing with panels of timber-framed visible externally.The third section to left hand.Two storeys and attic,C18 of colour washed brick with half-hipped gable end to roof with one attic casement,one sash window on first floor and two modern leases casements and half glazed door on ground floor.[Willy Mill(Alton Road),Hatch Mill(Farnham Bypass),High Mill and Bourne Place(both in Moor Park Lane)are also listed.Although all these mills except Bourne Mill are C18 buildings,and are later than the period when Farnham was one of the great corn markets of South England,they are all good buildings of their kind with attractive mill houses,worthy of preservation as a reminder of an historical past and for architectural interest.]

Listing NGR: SU8523347429