Woodfield Mill

This is a water mill, now disused, dating from the late 18th century and rebuilt in 1831. The mill is constructed of coursed squared gritstone, with smoother gritstone used for sills and lintels, and has a graduated stone slate roof. The building comprises a three-storey main block, with four first-floor openings, one of which is blocked, and a two-storey wheel-house of dressed gritstone with a pantile roof attached to the right.

The main block has a board stable door with a nine-pane window to the left, and a blocked window with rubble infill and a nine-pane window to the right at ground floor level. Above the entrance is a loading door supported by wooden posts, designed for a loading platform. The second storey has a shorter nine-pane window in each bay, with the window in bay three blocked up with brick. All the windows have the top three panes hinged for ventilation. End stacks are visible. The wheel-house features a wide round-arched opening with well-cut voussoirs, above which is a board door. A lean-to addition to the right is not of particular architectural interest.

The rear of the mill is built into a steep slope, which forms one side of the mill pond, and only the upper two storeys are visible. There are nine-pane windows on both floors. The left return has a lean-to, open-sided shed covering the gable end, which contains a blocked doorway and a fireplace with the initials 'J R' carved on the mantle stone. The right return incorporates the wheel-pit and wheel-house into the gable end, with a further corrugated-iron shed with a sloping roof built against the east side. The wheel-house has ashlar gable coping and inturned kneelers. Part of the rear roof has collapsed. While the original wheel no longer exists, some machinery remains inside.

Historical records indicate that Samuel Gratton likely operated a mill on this site in 1805, with six flax-spinning frames. Following the 1831 rebuilding, the mill continued to be used for flax-spinning, as well as containing three pairs of grindstones. The original wheel, which was breast- or over-shot, had a diameter of 40 feet. The mill operated into the 20th century, with a turbine replacing the water wheel at that time. The mill race, pond, and sluices remain to the north and west of the building. Other buildings that were likely present on the site included a smithy, a warehouse and a granary.