Polroad Manor

ST TUDY SX 07 NE

2/155 Polroad Manor

II

House, later used as a water mill and now used partly as a timber store for a saw mill. Circa C17 origins, probably partly rebuilt in the mid C19. Stone rubble and cob. Rag and asbestos slate roofs with gable end to front and rear and hipped ends to right and left. Brick axial stack in front range and projecting stone rubble end stack to rear. Plan: The ground rises to rear and the single storey rear wing is built into the slope. Almost overall cruciform plan with wide entrance in front of long wing which functioned as a form of 2-storey porch with 2 rooms on first floor heated by an axial stack. Single storey rear service wing of one room plan heated by an end stack. The large rectangular room of the main range comprised the mill powered by an overshot water wheel which was positioned on the right hand end wall; the water carried along the leat to the rear of the house and on a launder to the wheel. The wheel was replaced by a water turbine in the 1920's. It is possible that there may also have been another wheel on teh left hand end of the building. A very steep stone newel stair in the angle between the front porch and the front wall on the left hand side of the main range, provided access to the first floor. Exterior: Front elevation largely obscured by later corrugated sheet metal sheds. Wide chamfered granite segmental arch with run-out stops on ground floor of porch and 3-light mullion window on first floor. Lean-to C20 shed on right hand end wall. Interior: Chamfered heavy ceiling beams to ground floor of porch with inner chamfered granite segmental arch with run out stops. Mill machinery removed and floor renewed. Slate-and stone rubble newel stair to first floor. Roof structure not accessible. Polroad was a Domesday Manor.

Listing NGR: NGR SX0585178110