The Mill House

The Mill House is an 18th and 19th century mill and mill house, likely incorporating some earlier fabric. It is constructed of rubble, coursed rubble, and brickwork in Flemish bond, with various clay roof tiles and some slate. The building has a large L-shaped mill with a smaller mill house attached to the east at a slight angle, and a lower outbuilding attached to the north gable. The mill retains extensive machinery, including an unusually large bread oven.

The north-facing entrance front features brickwork with Bridgewater triple-ridge roof tiles. A plain section of walling is present on the left, alongside a small brick stack. To the right are two 2-light casements on each floor, with segmental brick heads and keystones. An off-centre plank door with studding is also present. The return wing to the right is constructed of coursed squared stone with a pantile roof to a coped gable. It has a wide plank door and a 3-light casement at ground floor, both with square heads and keystones. A plank loading door is located at first floor. Beyond the outer gable is a lower 2-storey outbuilding with double Roman tiles and a stone north gable constructed of small squared coursed stone, featuring an arched opening over the mill race. The left return of the main building is canted back after the first bay, featuring a tile roof with alternating plain and fish-scale tiles. The south gable is coped and includes a cross-saddle stone. A 2-light casement is set into the south gable, which is built against the earth at ground floor level. A low lean-to with a slate roof fills the internal corner. Brick stacks are located on the north gable of the main mill and on the domestic unit.

Inside the mill block, the attic level contains a series of grain bins. The first floor houses two millstones and housings, with turbine machinery on decorative cast iron supports by Gardner of Gloucester at ground floor. An adjacent space features a large tube shaft and deep-set pit, likely originally the wheel pit for an overshot wheel. The short return arm provides access to a very large bread oven built into the low outbuilding. The building contains an interesting and unusually complete set of fixed machinery, some of which is dismantled but in apparently sound condition.