Sinnington Grange Mill

SE 78 SW 10/84

SINNINGTON MARTON ROAD (west side) Sinnington Grange Mill

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Cornmill, now grain-drying store. Dated 1844; front partly rebuilt c1980. Iron-framed, encased in red and burnt brick in English garden wall bond with slate roof and brick stack. Bridge-type mill. Basement and 4 storeys, 5 bays. Round-headed nail-studded door in surround of rounded-arris brick, approached by double flight of steps. To left and right of doorway are 2 segment-headed slatted windows with stone sills, beneath cambered brick arches. Remaining windows are similar but those to the left of the upper floors were removed in consequence of rebuilding. Centre opening to first floor is blocked by a recessed panel with inscription: SINNINGTON GRANGE MILL AD MDCCCXLIV Burton Stepped eaves course. Coped gables and shaped kneelers. End left stack. Right return: semicircular arch to wheelchamber at basement level. Left return: low rounded arch over the tailrace. The tailrace was evacuated through a vaulted brick channel which survives beneath the existing concreted yard. Interior: at basement level the iron highbreast water-wheel and pit wheel survive. On the first floor are 2 bedstones of the original 4 pairs of stones. A sack hoist operates through the centre of the mill. The upper floors are supported on cast-iron columns with braced capitals. The mill was in operation until 1978.

Listing NGR: SE7386584126