MILL AT SW74883733 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1988. Water mill.
MILL AT SW74883733
- WRENN ID
- muffled-lead-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1988
- Type
- Water mill
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SW 73 NW STITHIANS KENNAL VALE
2/264 Mill at SW74883733 -
GV II
Water mill for grinding gunpowder. Circa 1850. Built for the Kennal Vale gunpowder works. Dressed granite and granite rubble. Roofless. Plan: Rectangular mill with central wheel pit dividing 2 similar rectangular plan 2 storey blocks with original basements to house the gearing, and with the millstone in the upper, floors. The hub and parts of the rims of the waterwheel survive. Built into bank at rear and originally powered by water from leat parallel to rear. Exterior: 2 storeys (stone floor over, basement). Symmetrical 2 window east-south- east front. Tall central wheel pit opening flanked by 2 originally identical one window fronts. Each front has small basement opening and large openings above. Part of right-hand bay is fallen. Interior not inspected. Possibly there is machinery and millstones. This mill is the last built and last used of a group of 6 similar mills which survive in the beautiful Kennal Valley.
Listing NGR: SW7488837328
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