Cutcrew Sawmills

Cutcrew Sawmills is a late 18th-century corn mill that has been converted into a sawmill, with an addition made in the late 19th century, likely at the time of the conversion. The building features slatestone rubble construction and a hipped slate roof, with a slurried slate roof over the addition. It is a two-storey mill with a waterwheel located at the rear. The conversion included a lean-to addition on the left side and a doorway on the right side for taking in wood.

The front of the building has a wide central entrance with a timber lintel and a relieving arch, alongside a 20th-century two-light casement window with a timber lintel to the right. At the loft level, there is a two-light window opening with a cambered stone head. Attached to the left is a single-storey lean-to with a loft, featuring a 20th-century door and a wide window with a timber lintel, as well as a first-floor loading door and an upper window opening. The right side has a central wide doorway with a timber lintel, and the upper level contains two unglazed single lights and an upper loading door. The left side has an open-fronted shed attached to the lean-to, supported by timber piers. The rear of the building is rendered at the lower level, with an upper level featuring a three-light casement window with a timber lintel and a single light. There is a large cast iron overshot wheel with a wooden launder on the left and a tailrace on the right. The addition includes two 19th-century windows with brick heads, one on the ground floor and one on the first floor, both with 20th-century glazing.

Inside, the sawmill retains its complete machinery, including a trestle with a moving belt for taking in wood, a pit for a vertical saw, and wheels geared from the watershaft for the saw. There are also sack hoist pulley wheels geared off the same shaft at both ground floor and loft level on the rear wall, remnants from the original corn mill machinery. This building is a remarkable example of industrial heritage.