Stowell Mill

CHEDWORTH STOWELL MILL SP 01 sE 3/102 Stowell Mill

GV II

Former mill by the River Coln. Late C18. Coursed thinly-bedded limestone and random limestone; dressed stone quoins; stone slate roof. Rectangular main body with later extensions to either gable end. Main body: 2 storeys and attic with single-storey and 1 1/2 storey extensions. Three-windowed front to main body: single- light, 2 and 3-light wooden casements with timber lintels; shuttered window at centre of the ground floor on the line of the internal water wheel. Stable type door up 2 stone steps far left. Rear elevation: round-headed arch at point where the head race runs under the mill; single width doorway to the right; two shuttered windows to the first floor, one with protruding iron wheel with curved spokes. Two-light casements in gable ends to attic; blocked pigeon holes with landings above the window at the gable end. Open-fronted 2-bay extension to the left gable end. Double-width door (on runners) to the extension at the opposite gable end. Stone steps (at right angles to the extension) giving access to plank door to the loft to the right of the double doorway. Interior reputed to contain all the original machinery but not accessible.

Listing NGR: SP0817112949