Polroad Manor

Polroad Manor is a house that was later used as a water mill and is now partly a timber store for a sawmill. It has origins dating back to the 17th century and was likely partially rebuilt in the mid-19th century. The building is constructed from stone rubble and cob, with rag and asbestos slate roofs that have gable ends at the front and rear, and hipped ends on the right and left. There is a brick axial stack in the front range and a projecting stone rubble end stack at the rear.

The plan features a single-storey rear wing built into a slope, creating an almost overall cruciform shape. The front has a wide entrance leading to a long wing that served as a two-storey porch, with two rooms on the first floor heated by an axial stack. The single-storey rear service wing consists of one room heated by an end stack. The main range includes a large rectangular room that housed the mill, powered by an overshot water wheel located on the right-hand end wall. Water was directed along a leat to the rear of the house and onto a launder leading to the wheel. In the 1920s, the wheel was replaced by a water turbine, and there may have been another wheel on the left-hand end of the building. Access to the first floor is provided by a very steep stone newel stair located in the angle between the front porch and the left side of the main range.

The front elevation is largely hidden by later corrugated sheet metal sheds. It features a wide chamfered granite segmental arch with run-out stops on the ground floor of the porch, along with a three-light mullion window on the first floor. There is also a lean-to shed from the 20th century on the right-hand end wall. Inside, the ground floor of the porch has chamfered heavy ceiling beams and an inner chamfered granite segmental arch with run-out stops. The mill machinery has been removed, and the floor has been renewed. The newel stair to the first floor is made of slate and stone rubble, while the roof structure is not accessible. Polroad was recorded as a manor in the Domesday Book.