Castle Mill Wheelhouse Block On River Edge

SE 3456 KNARESBOROUGH WATERSIDE (south side) 8/209 Castle Mill: wheelhouse block on river edge 25.3.83 (formerly listed as Block D under Castle Mills (consisting of blocks A to E)

GV II

Mill building. Late C18 for John Lomas. Ground floor of coursed squared gritstone, red brick above, with Westmorland slate roof. 3 storeys over wheel race, 7 x 3 bays. North facade: ground floor: boarded small-pane sashes in flush wood architraves with stone lintels and projecting stone sills. First and second floors: 25-pane unequally-hung sashes under cambered brick arches. Blocked central opening at second floor. Stone bands at first- and second-floor levels. Similar windows remain in other parts of the building. Hipped roof, no chimneys. Interior: mill race and turbine machinery survives, in poor condition. Ground and upper floors contain original timber work and pulleys and straps remaining from the power system. The interior is in a dangerous condition. Brick outbuildings attached to south-west end include the engine house and stack erected when a steam engine was installed in 1847. A water wheel was erected on this site in 1764 to pump water up the side of the gorge and into the town. A new water wheel was constructed in 1790-91 for John and Charles Lomas when plans were being made to build a cotton mill on the site. B Jennings, Harrogate and Knaresborough, 1970.

Listing NGR: SE3475656820