The Old Mill

The Old Mill is a cornmill, dating primarily from the early 19th century, although with earlier origins in the 18th century. An addition was made in the early to mid-19th century, with later 19th and 20th-century alterations. It was converted to offices around 1980. The mill is constructed of galleted Bargate rubble stone, red brick with blue-brick headers in Flemish bond, blotched red/blue brick in English bond, and weatherboard, with plain tile roofs. Built into a hillside, the building has two storeys to the west elevation, one storey to the east, and an attic. It consists of an eight-bay range with a single-storey outbuilding at the right (south) end. All doors and windows are late 20th century replacements. The gable end facing the road has 18th-century style brickwork to the ground floor in English bond, with weatherboard above. A segmental-arched door and window are on the left, above which is a boarded loading door and window. A cantilevered, weatherboard hoist projects from the centre, now fitted with 20th-century windows on each of the three upper floors. On the right is a small, early 20th-century weatherboard addition with a boarded door and small-paned window to the gable. The west elevation includes a projecting bay of weatherboard on a concrete plinth, which has a 2-light window to the ground floor, a blocked 1-light window to the first floor, and windows on each floor of the return. The main range to the right is lower and of two builds; the left-hand four-bay section is mostly early 19th-century red brick, with English bond brickwork to the basement and older brickwork and rubble stone to the ground floor of the left-hand bay. Bay 3 was formerly a loading bay and now has a double door to the ground floor and the first floor, beneath a gablet with 20th-century glazing. Flanking bays have segmental-arched windows, with remnants of tie-rods. A similar window is on the first floor of the left bay, with an inserted window below. A pyramidal-roofed ridge louvre sits above bay 3. The right-hand three bays represent an addition with a segment-arched doorway in bay 2, flanked by two inserted windows and a gablet with late 20th-century glazing above. The right bay is a weatherboard outshut under a catslide roof. The outbuilding to the right is of weatherboard with a plain tile roof on the front elevation, and is brick to the rear with a corrugated iron roof. The interior features large-scantling cross-beams.