Mill House And Old Mill

TOWN PATH, 1. 1594 WEST HARNHAM

Mill House & The Old Mill (Formerly listed as The Old Mill) SU 1329 10/341 28.2.52.

I 2. C14-C15. Restored. Mill house early C19. The Mill - 2 storey. Chequer of dressed stone and knapped coursed flint. Old tile roof, carried down to ground floor ceiling level on north west front. South east front has a fairly symmetrical ground floor arrangement of 2 single-light moulded stone windows with pointed arched and incised spandrels in rectangular surround, 2 similar doorways with moulded stone surrounds and 4-centred arched heads with carved spandrels; and with later plain ledged doors, and 2 central squints in stone surrounds. A continuous moulded stone string is carried across front at head of windows and doors and continued down sides of each opening approximately 2 ft turned horizontally at bottom of drop sash side of windows, and terminated with diamond block each side of door openings. On 1st floor - 5 2-light leaded casements, probably modern. Fine open timber framing to roof of lst floor room, originally Mill store. Some C17-18 panelling and early woodwork. The Mill house is a plain 4-storey building to left hand of mill of brick with brick dentil eaves and hipped slate roof. Originally 2 windows to upper floors, now 3. 2 2-light contemporary casements on ground floor with 6-Panel door left hand under C18 pediment hood on carved scroll brackets. Service entry at right hand. The mill has a very picturesque setting, looking over a large pool and down the river. The grading is partly for historical reasons. Now used as a restaurant. The retaining walls to the sluices and mill walk should be carefully considered in relation to this building.

Listing NGR: SU1353429413