Castle Mill Cottage

SE 3456

KNARESBOROUGH

WATERSIDE (south side)

No 18 (Castle Mill Cottage)

23.3.83 8/212 GV II

House. Early C19. Gritstone, Westmorland slate roof. 4 storeys, 1 room to each floor. Main facade (south): C20 extension projects forward on left; flight of stone steps against main building to reach first-floor entrance in right return. Main building has 3 tiers of 2-light windows with C20 casements and stepped hoodmoulds. Chimney to right. Rear (road side): a C20 window inserted in ground floor. Left return: blocked arched opening into ground floor or basement, now partly concealed by roadway. Tall blocked opening with stone lintel to first floor. Second and third (attic) floors: small 2-pane (second floor) and 1-pane (third floor) window both with projecting sills and large lintels. Inturned kneelers. Right return: narrow but substantial external stack. The character of this building suggests that it may have been built as a small school house after the 1833 Factory Act. The proprietor of Castle Mill, John Vipont, then agreed to provide a school to take children under 13 on 2-hour shifts during the day. B Jennings, History of Harrogate and Knaresborough, 1970, p 276.

Listing NGR: SE3477756789