Avon Mills, Outer Buldings

MALMESBURY

ST9386 ST JOHN'S BRIDGE 758-1/3/295 (East side) 12/12/51 Avon Mills, Outer Buildings

GV II

Woollen mill, now flats. 1790 for Francis Hill, converted 1984. Limestone rubble with ashlar and brick dressings and a slate roof. PLAN: L-shaped block of 2 single-depth ranges. EXTERIOR: 5 storeys and attic; 8:8-window range. Plain, regular ranges with coved cornice and ashlar parapets ramped up at the ends, coped end gables, with 1-window linking section to the E end of the N block containing a segmental-arched through carriageway with key and imposts. Brick segmental-arched heads to C20 3-light casements, some blocked, 4 dormers each; C20 doorway in the S block 5 bays from the archway with lower flanking windows, a 2-centre arched doorway in the right-hand side of the carriageway, and a round-headed doorway in the rear elevation of the N block 4 bays from the archway. The S block built into the hill behind, which has a similar elevation with a continuous dormer to a flat-roofed end section over the corner. INTERIOR: not inspected, but reported to be largely late C20. HISTORICAL NOTE: originally called Burton Hill Mill, enlarged 1803, converted to steam power 1838. Other uses include a corn mill c1825, and silk mill c1850. (Victoria History of the Counties of England: Crowley DA: Wiltshire: 1991-: 146).

Listing NGR: ST9358986878