The Watermill, Attached House, Barn And Stables

The Watermill is a water corn mill, along with an attached house, barn, and stables, dating from the mid to late 18th century. It has undergone later alterations and a restoration in 1975. The building features cement rendered sandstone rubble walls. The miller's house has a sandstone slate roof, while the mill has a graduated greenslate roof, and the stables are covered with Welsh slate, all topped with rendered chimney stacks.

The central miller's house is two stories high with two bays, and it is connected to a two-bay barn under a common roof on the right. To the left is a three-story, two-bay mill, and on the right is a former stable with three bays. The house has an off-centre panelled door in a plain opening and features sash windows, some of which are in original stone surrounds. The barn includes a segmental-headed doorway and a sash window beneath a loft doorway. The mill has a plank door and casement windows set in raised stone surrounds. The stables have central and right plank doors, along with 20th-century sash windows and a right loft doorway.

At the rear of the mill, there are two waterwheels that drive much of the original machinery inside. The Watermill is still a working water corn mill. For more detailed information about the mill machinery and its restoration, refer to "The Watermill, Little Salkeld, Cumbria: A Short Guide for Visitors," second edition 1982. The left barn attached to the mill is not of particular interest.