Mill And Barns Adjoining To West Of Abbey Cowper

NY 15 SE HOLME ABBEY Abbeytown

6/8 Mill and Barns adjoining to west of Abbey Cowper

G.V. II

Steam powered corn mill, now barn, incorporating earlier farmhouse and barn. C17 house and barn, early C19 mill. Cement rendered walls, Flemish bond brickwork to rear; graduated hipped slate roof. Earlier buildings of clay on red sandstone foundations (from Holme Cultram Abbey). Large 2-storey, 6-bay mill with original buildings to rear forming U-shape. Mill: gabled 2-storey central projection has side plank door in stone surround. Sash windows with glazing bars in stone surrounds. Large cart entrance to rear. To left rear at right-angles adjoining the present farmhouse is the original cross-passage house, now a barn. Blocked front entrance now a window. All other original entrances and windows now blocked. Late C19 extension to right,with canted bay window, joins with present house. Sculptured stone from Holme Cultram Abbey built into front wall. Interior has one pair of upper crucks. Upper floor windows, blocked when walls were raised in height, are visible from the hay loft. Original barn to right rear of mill, at right-angles. Its clay walls now form internal walls extended in brick. Central cart entrance. Listed partly for G.V. with Abbey Cowper.

Listing NGR: NY1580750603