Cockleford Mill With Attached Stable Blocks

This is a former mill house dating from the 17th century, with significant alterations and gentrification in the mid-18th century. The building is constructed of small ashlar blocks, with a slate roof and ashlar stacks. The main rectangular body has a rear stairs projection, and a further extension set at a right angle to the rear right; a stable with a loft above is attached to the right gable end of the main body.

The house is two storeys and an attic, with a six-windowed, almost symmetrical front facade. The windows are largely 16-pane sashes with wide glazing bars, set within dressed stone architraves with keystones. A continuous dripmould runs over the ground floor windows, stepping up over a deep stone lintel above the original five-panelled front door, which retains its original knocker and handle. Two windows are blocked on both the ground and first floors of the left gable end, and a 3-light, 19th-century stone-mullioned casement has been inserted into what was previously a doorway. Single-light windows with flat-chamfered surrounds are found on the rear stairs projection. The rear extension features a 2-light stone-mullioned casement on the ground floor and a 12-pane sash with a dressed stone architrave and keystone above. The stable block includes an 18th-century five-panelled door with glazed upper panels, set within a 20th-century reconstituted stone surround, alongside double garage doors and a stable door. A shuttered pitching window sits above the garage door.

Inside, there are beams with deep flat chamfers and run-out stops. A fine 18th-century shell-headed alcove, flanked by fluted pilasters, is located in the front left-hand room, set within the blocking of the former gable end window. An upstairs room features a small 18th-century dressed stone fireplace with a lugged panel above and fielded dado. Original 18th-century six-panelled doors are also present.