Head Mill

SS 61 NE 6/56 15.9.76

CHITTLEHAMHOLT Head Mill

GV II

Mill-house incorporating miller's accommodation. Early C19. Unrendered snecked stone rubble. Slate roof with gable ends. Rendered stack towards rear left-end. Plan: rectangular on plan with the mill wheel towards the front of the left-hand long side of the mill and an integral miller's house in a 1-storey and attic outshut on the right-hand side with entrance to both the mill and miller's house on the shorter gabled front. 2 storeys with attic storey. 3-window range, 3-light windows, 6 panes per light to window at left end, rectangular leaded 15-paned lights to 2 to right. Two 3-light casements to ground floor, 6 and 8 panes per light both to left of large undershot wheel with inspection door over. Right gable end has boarded gabled sack hoist projection to top storey with 2-light window, 6 panes per light. First floor has projecting pulley wheels to each side of one 3-light and a 2-light window. Plank stable door to ground floor left end and a wide stable plank door with chamfered door surround and slate leanto porch roof, flanked by a 3-light window 6 panes per light to left and 2-light casement 3 panes per light to right. Gabled half dormer, formerly loading door to rear. Slate leanto porch roofs to 2 doors at left gable end. Interior: Mill machinery, including 3 sets of grinding stones, intact throughout. This is a good example of a mill complete with its wheel and machinery and with an integral miller's house, the whole very unaltered.

Listing NGR: SS6665118225