The Old Mill

The Old Mill is a house, originally a water millhouse, with origins dating back to the 17th century. It is constructed of whitewashed stone with a cemented slate roof and gabled ends. The left gable end features a plastered chimney. The building follows a single-depth plan, incorporating a front outshut and an addition in the angle. An undershot mill wheel is located at the right gable end. The house is single-storey with an attic, featuring a two-window front. The entrance is through the front right outshut, accessed via a narrow timber door with blind openwork, likely reused, and situated under a timber lintel. A 20th-century two-light casement window is on the left, while the right ground floor window is a six-pane opening also under a timber lintel. A ground floor room on the left contains a large fireplace with a fireplace beam featuring step ogee stops, along with remnants of a cloam oven. The ceiling displays roughly chamfered cross beams. A wide four-plank door connects the left ground floor room to the left front outshut. The roof trusses are characterized by slightly cambered collars halved and pegged into principals. A four-plank door is carved with the name 'Sedulous', a vessel wrecked on the coast in 1843. A 20th-century garage attached to the gable end is not part of the listed building.