Mill Adjoining South West Of Millhouse Farmhouse

ASHPRINGTON SX85NW TUCKENHAY 6/59 Mill Adjoining South West of Millhouse Farmhouse

GV II

Water corn mill. Circa early C19. Local stone rubble with large roughly dressed quoins and rendered on the south west side. Slate roof with gable ends. Plan: Rectangular on plan with the gable end to the road and an overshot water-wheel on the left (south west) side. The mill forms a cross-wing to Millhouse Farmhouse (qv) to the right. The mill projects to the rear of the house which seems to have been built after the house. Exterior: 3 storeys. Gable end to the road; ground floor has a doorway to the right with a plank door and a 3-light window to the left; similar window at the centre of the first floor and a 2-light window in the gable on the second floor; all the openings have dressed stone segmented arches. There is a large iron overshot waterwheel on the left had side. The rear elevation was not inspected but may have upper floor access from the higher ground level behind. Interior: was inaccessible at the time of the survey 1987, but is is said to contain machinery which was apparently working about 10 years ago.

Listing NGR: SX8185056098