Old Brass Mill

KEYNSHAM

ST6568 AVON MILL LANE 739-1/4/6 (East side) 20/08/76 Old Brass Mill

GV II

Brass mill, now disused. Late C18 with minor C19 alterations. Squared and coursed rubble with stone dressings, quoins and hipped pantile roof. PLAN: L-shaped plan with main open area to the west and races to the east. EXTERIOR: 2-storey; 3:7-window range. Main south facade with wide segmental-headed openings with ashlar heads to ground-floor level, those to the west raised, now half-submerged with water from the leat; some blocked with bricks or corrugated-iron. 4 smaller segmental-headed openings to east end of floor above. West face has large segmental-headed carriage arch with plank door. INTERIOR: main internal space to west has simple king-post roof structure with metal tie-beams. HISTORICAL NOTE: the section of the River Avon near Saltford is one of the most important areas, nationally, for the brass industry and its archaeological remains The building was in poor condition at time of survey; it forms a group with Brass Mill Cottages (qv) and Avon House (qv). (White E: Keynsham and Saltford: Keynsham: 1990-: 27; Day J: Bristol Brass: A History of the Industry: Newton Abbot: 1973-).

Listing NGR: ST6583568867