Paper Mill Cottages

BARRINGTON - SP 21 SW 6/14 Nos 1-3 (Paper Mill Cottages) GV II Row of 3 cottages partially converted out of a former mill building. C18-mid C19 (in at least 3 phases of building). Coursed squared and dressed limestone. Stone slate roof with ashlar and brick stacks. Some slate roofing to extensions at rear. Long rectangular plan with former mill at the left gable end, lean-to extensions at rear. Two-storeys and attic. No 1, at the right- hand end of the row. Mid-late C18. Two-windowed facade lit by large sliding sashes with glazing bars. All windows with segmental-headed surrounds. C20 plank door lower left with a flat stone canopy with moulded margin supported on moulded stone brackets. No 2 (centre). Possibly the earliest building in the row. Two 2-light wood casements with timber lintels to the first floor. One 2-light and one 3-light casement to the ground floor either side a C20 plank door with a small projecting stone canopy supported on metal brackets. No 3 at the left-hand end of the row. Probably converted for domestic use out of the former mill building. The two left-hand bays now comprise a store. Plank infill with single square ashlar column dividing the bays to the first floor. Plank door and a fixed 4-light casement to the ground floor. The first floor of the three bays to the right once matched that of the two left-hand bays, the areas between the square ashlar piers have now been infilled and 3-light casements inserted in the blocking. Two 4-light casements to the ground floor. All windows with segmental-headed surrounds. Central C20 plank door with a single light window to the left. Two C20 fixed casements at ground floor level within the left gable end. Blocked doorway above. Interiors; no mill machinery remains. Interiors of cottages not inspected. Site used for milling since the C11; the building visible today was used as a paper mill from 1816-1846. (V.C.H. Vol. VI, P.23).

Listing NGR: SP2157212956SP2157012942