Mill House And Old Mill

Mill House and The Old Mill, dating from the 14th to 15th century, have been restored, with the Mill House being an early 19th-century addition. The Mill is a two-storey structure featuring a mix of dressed stone and knapped coursed flint, topped with an old tile roof that extends down to the ground floor ceiling level on the northwest front. The southeast front displays a symmetrical ground floor arrangement with two single-light moulded stone windows that have pointed arches and incised spandrels within rectangular surrounds, along with two similar doorways featuring moulded stone surrounds and four-centred arched heads with carved spandrels. These doorways have later plain ledged doors and two central squints in stone surrounds. A continuous moulded stone string runs across the front at the heads of the windows and doors, extending down the sides of each opening and turning horizontally at the bottom of the drop sash side of the windows, ending with diamond blocks beside the door openings. On the first floor, there are five two-light leaded casements, likely modern, and fine open timber framing in the roof of the first-floor room, which was originally the Mill store. Inside, there is some 17th to 18th-century panelling and early woodwork. The Mill House is a plain four-storey brick building to the left of the mill, featuring brick dentil eaves and a hipped slate roof. Originally, it had two windows on the upper floors, now increased to three, along with two two-light contemporary casements on the ground floor and a six-panel door to the left under a 18th-century pediment hood supported by carved scroll brackets. There is a service entry on the right side. The mill is set in a picturesque location, overlooking a large pool and the river. The building's historical significance contributes to its grading. It is currently used as a restaurant, and the retaining walls for the sluices and mill walk should be carefully considered in relation to the building.