Hicks Mill

Hicks Mill is a water mill dating from the late 18th century to the early 19th century, situated in Gwenna Coombe. The building is constructed of lime-washed killas rubble with some cob, featuring timber lintels. The roofs are primarily of grouted scantle slate, with corrugated iron over one range and a hip to the east. It is an L-shaped group of buildings, comprising a two-storey structure over a basement mill, with an overshot wheel to the south and west. An additional two-storey rectangular range extends to the east, connected to a former stable building, and a further irregular single-storey range is located to the north.

The north wall displays door and window openings on the stable range. The earlier, irregular barn – likely the original mill building – features irregularly placed openings. Original ground and first-floor ventilator windows are present between larger openings. A lean-to on the ground floor obscures the original central doorway. Small window openings are midway to the first and second floors, and a small window is present on the west wall at first-floor level. The south wall features a small first-floor window and a doorway approached by a simple wooden bridge. The east wall, adjoining the earlier mill, is of studwork construction and clad in corrugated iron, likely formerly weather-boarded or slate-hung.

The mill's interior remains largely complete, retaining original floors, roof structure and machinery. Two sets of stones are in situ, although one stone has been removed from the western set. A hoisting wheel or whim is located on the first floor. Formerly, there were at least six watermills in the valley, but this is the best surviving example, complete with two wheels and associated buildings.