Howsham Mill

Howsham Mill is a mill built around 1755 for the Cholmleys of Howsham Hall, possibly designed by John Carr, influenced by William Kent and Batty Langley. There is also additional building work likely from the 19th century. The mill features a limestone ashlar facing over brick and is square in plan, with a lower section that once housed a metal wheel to the west. It has two storeys and three main symmetrical elevations, along with a single-storey wheelhouse. The building has a plain chamfered plinth and a continuous band about 12 feet above the ground. There is an ogee-arched recess with an architrave, flanked by pointed windows under square labels, each featuring a blind quatrefoil above. An eaves band runs along the top. The former pyramidal roof and crocketed finials were missing at the time of the last survey. The wheelhouse has a wide elliptical arch on the left side. The mill was in a ruinous state during the resurvey.