Tregargus Mill

ST STEPHEN IN SW 95 SW BRANNEL 3/123 Tregargus Mill - II

Mill; formerly used for stone-grinding. Early - mid C19, with few later alterations. The mill was in operation until circa 1965. Granite rubble with granite dressings and quoins. The roof was formerly of slate and shingles, with gable ends. Plan: There are two rectangular mill houses, with the wheel pit between the two; overshot wheel formerly powered from a leat at the rear, with the tailrace running along the front of the mill houses. Exterior: Each mill house is 2-storey at the front, built into the bank and single storey at the rear. Each has a symmetrical front, each the same, with two round- arched doorways at ground floor with keystones and window openings above. The front is much overgrown. The wheel is set centrally, cast iron wheel with cast iron launder at the rear. The right gable end of the mill house has loading door at upper ground level with granite lintel and small gabled hoist housing above the pulley wheel. At the rear the mill house to left has 2 door openings and 2 small window openings, with an unexplained circular projection in stone rubble to left. The mill house to right has similar door and window openings. Interior: No internal machinery remaining; the roof trusses only survive, halved and bolted at the apex of the principal rafters.

Listing NGR: SW9491253934