Cresswell Corn Mill

Cresswell Corn Mill is a two-storey corn mill with a loft, measuring approximately 10 meters by 6 meters. It is constructed from uncoursed local sandstone rubble masonry. The building features a low-pitched slate roof that is hipped at both the north and south ends, with a tile ridge and hip-cover. There is a cart entrance on the south side, which is concealed by a later lean-to greenhouse, and a pedestrian entrance is located at the first floor level, accessed by a ledged and boarded door from high ground on the east side. The mill is heavily overgrown.

At the north end of the building, there is a water wheel, of which some parts are said to survive, but it is currently inaccessible. The mill loft serves as the sack room and includes a belt-driven pulley on a supporting frame for hoisting, along with chutes leading to the mill stones below. The roof is supported by tied common rafters.

The first floor is designated as the milling floor, where three complete pairs of stones are housed in their hexagonal wooden pans. There are ladder staircases on the east side of the room providing access to the levels above and below.

At ground level, the mill machinery remains, although it is mostly inaccessible. This includes a cast-iron spur wheel mounted on a large octagonal vertical shaft, which drives three disengagable wooden-toothed stone-nut pinions. The main vertical shaft pivots beneath the milling floor. It is believed that the axle from the water wheel, along with the pit-wheel and wallower, still exist but are not accessible or visible.