Heasley Mill Including Wheel Pit To North East

This is a watermill, likely dating from the mid to late 19th century, built on the site of an earlier, probably early 19th century, mill or tannery. The building is constructed of unworked stone rubble with a gable-ended corrugated iron roof. The mill is aligned approximately north-west/south-east, and represents a reduced portion of a larger building, formerly aligned north-east/south-west and of four storeys, which was altered in the later 19th century. The south-east wall of the watermill incorporates part of the south-east wall of the earlier building, including its window openings. The watermill is two storeys and a loft in height. The gable end facing south-east showcases openings, remnants of the original larger building, offset to the left. These include a two-light wooden loft casement with a wooden lintel and internal wooden shutters with strap hinges, a first-floor two-light wooden window with a wooden lintel and stone segmental relieving arch, and a ground-floor two-leaf boarded door with strap hinges, a wooden lintel, and a stone segmental relieving arch. The north-west gable end, approached at first-floor level due to the higher ground at the rear, features a boarded door with a brick segmental-arched head. The south-east side has a pair of first-floor windows with small panes, pegged frames, wooden lintels and stone segmental relieving arches. A ground-floor boarded opening is also present, with a wooden lintel and stone segmental relieving arch. A wheel pit is located on the south-east side of the mill, with a sluice gate, which retains its raising gear, to the north-east. The remains of a likely overshot waterwheel are visible, with two cast-iron rings, wooden arms, and a cast-iron wheel shaft; it formerly had wooden floats, which have since been removed or rotted. An opening in the wall above the wheel has splayed jambs. The interior retains a complete set of machinery, including two sets of stones on the first floor, driven by a two-step spurwheel from the pit wheel in the ground floor. The drive machinery is enclosed within wooden housing. A secondary drive is taken off the pit wheel, with a belt to a hoist pulley.