Stowford Mill

Stowford Mill is an early 19th-century water mill located on the south side of Stowford in Wingfield. It is constructed from random rubble stone and features a Welsh slate roof with coped verges. The mill has three storeys and a two-window front that faces the farmyard, with a planked door on the ground floor and two small 2-light casements on the second floor. The rear of the building, which faces downstream, has four 2-light flush mullioned windows on the ground floor, three 2-light flush mullioned windows on the first floor, and three small 2-light casements on the second floor, along with one raking attic dormer that has a 2-light casement. The right return of the mill includes 2-light attic casements. There is a segmental-headed arch at the end of the mill nearest the now-dry river. No machinery is said to remain inside. Originally, this mill was used as a fulling mill before being converted to a corn mill in the 1840s. A mill is recorded at this location in the Domesday Book, and a fulling mill was leased from Keynsham Abbey during the 15th and 16th centuries. Thomas Baily purchased the property at the Dissolution, and Leland noted the thriving mills at Stowford. The Stillman clothier family from Trowbridge owned the mill in the late 18th century and leased it to the Mullings family, who operated it until the mid-19th century.