Mill House And Attached Mill

SU 13 SE LAVERSTOCK FORD (north side)

2/106 Mill House and attached mill

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IB House with attached mill over River Bourne. 1783 on datestone on south gable of house, mill is C19 addition. Brick and flint bands to house and English bond-brick mill, Welsh slate roof with brick stacks. 2-storey, 2-window front to house. Central planked door with C19 slated canopy, either side is one 2-light wooden casement with segmental-arched head. First floor has two 2-light casements with square heads. Mill to left has planked door to right on both floors and two 2-light casements to ground and first floors. Right return has one small casement to attic. Rear has casements as front and brick lean-to sheds, and two segmental brick arches over river. Interior of house has stone floor and chamfered ceiling beams. Mill building contains disused complete machinery for milling flour with water power, in situ. Consists of water wheel minus paddles and sluice gates in River Bourne. Ground floor has shaft connecting cogwheels to water wheel and shaft through ceiling to first floor machinery; two millstones connected to cogwheels. On attic floor are wooden hoppers for corn and chutes to first floor millstones. All wooden and cast-iron parts in excellent condition at time of survey (September 1984).

Listing NGR: SU1646132938