Hartpury Mill, The Mill

SO 72 SE HARTPURY -

8/39 Hartpury Mill; The Mill (formerly listed as Hartpury Mill 2.10.54

GV II

Watermilli early C19; Flemish-bond brickwork, on squared stone base; stone slate roof to south, clay tile to north. Single room, 2½ storeys high. Entrance to south, boarded door in heavy timber frame, cambered brick arch over: heart formed in blue headers above. Dentil eaves: stump of chimney over door. No other openings in this face. Left return one 2-light casement window each to first and second floors: cambered brick arch over. Below iron-framed undershot wheel with plain wooden paddles. Back wall of pit rebuilt. Lower part of mill wall to gable a blue/grey brick, presumably earlier than rest of mill. Internally stone-paved ground floor, in 3 bays with beams over, each with two heavy timber posts beneath. Floor level slightly raised to end bays. Dogleg timber stair to first floor: outline of former fireplace and flue on wall over entrance door. No stair survives to loft: 4 bays with cut tie-beam trusses, 2 pairs butt purlins. Floor raised in centre of central 2 bays; plaster ceiling largely survives in bay at opposite end to wheel, being only bay ever ceiled. Wooden wheel for hoisting grain, and winding drum, control lever, chain and cord all survive in loft. Forms group with church, Court Barn and Hartpury Court, (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SO7776223682