The Old Mill

The Old Mill is a mill and miller's house built in the late 18th century, with some alterations made in the 19th century. It is constructed from dressed sandstone and features herringbone-tooled quoins, sills, and lintels, topped with a pantile roof. The building has a single-cell, direct-entry plan for the house, which is two stories tall and has a two-window front. The mill, located to the side, is one and a half stories high with three bays, and there is a single-storey wheel chamber to the right.

The house has a four-panel door located beneath a gabled, lattice porch that includes a finial. To the left of the door is a three-light, large-pane horizontal sliding sash window, with a similar window above it. There is also a later inserted two-light window on the first floor to the left. The eaves are stepped, and the gables are coped with plain kneelers. The house features end stacks.

For the mill, there are board doors leading to the mill and wheel chamber on either side of a four-pane sash window. A similar later window has been inserted above, along with a board lifting door to the right. The door to the wheel chamber has a timber lintel, and the gable on the right is coped.

Inside the mill, there is a wooden water-wheel, likely under-shot, with timber paddles, and an iron pit wheel located in the central chamber. A grain hopper is situated in the chamber to the left, while the first floor was not inspected. The mill remained in operation until 1914, when the two-mile-long leat from Loskey Beck was drained following a tragic incident involving the drowning of two children.