Millend Mill

Millend Mill is a Grade II listed building located in Eastington. The mill site has been in use since the 14th century and the current structure was rebuilt by Henry Hicks sometime between the late 1790s and 1820. It is constructed from coursed and dressed stone, featuring corner pyramidal finials on the north gable end. The roof is primarily tiled but has some slate sections, with stone stacks at the ends.

A large brick addition with a slate roof was added to the west side in the late 19th century, and there is a later concrete addition from the 20th century on the east side, which is not considered of special interest. The main block consists of four storeys and an attic, forming a single range with the brick addition creating an L-shape at the front, and there is a long single-storey brick shed at the rear.

The building has seven windows, all of which are blocked, featuring 2-light stone mullions. The north gable end includes former haulingways, a blocked round-headed opening at the top, double doors with a cambered head opening below, and a long blocked opening beneath that. There is a door on the ground floor to the right. The south gable end has five tiers of two 2-light windows, all similarly blocked or bricked up. The brick section has round or cambered head lights on the upper floors, all bricked up, and the southwest corner is corbelled out in stone.

Although the interior is not accessible, it may contain features of interest. Millend Mill is notable as the only one of three mills on the River Frome in Eastington parish that retains much of its original form, having been rebuilt by clothier Henry Hicks in the early 19th century. The mills were later operated by the Hooper family until the end of the 19th century; Meadow Mill has undergone significant alterations, and Churchend Mill has been demolished. By 1939, Millend Mill was functioning as a corn mill, became empty by 1968, and is reported to have had four water wheels in the late 19th century.