Park Mill with Miller's House, Carpenters Shops and Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 June 1989. Mill and residential building.
Park Mill with Miller's House, Carpenters Shops and Smithy
- WRENN ID
- lunar-finial-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1989
- Type
- Mill and residential building
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Park Mill is a historic two-storey mill, measuring about 7 meters square, dating from the 18th century. It features a 4.2-meter diameter and 1-meter wide breastshot wheel located on the north side, with the miller's house situated to the south. The area to the north of the mill, surrounding the wheel, has been developed with light timber construction to create a carpentry workshop, while the upper storey is used for wheelwrighting.
Both the mill and the miller's house are built from rubble limestone and each has two front-facing windows, topped with slate roofs. The mill showcases two and three-light upper casement and pivot windows with timber lintels. Below these, there is a central buttress, flanked by a broad, stepped doorway on the right and a small window on the left. The miller's house has a slightly advanced front, featuring mainly horned sash windows beside a modern door, with stone chimneys on both sides. There is a modern extension at the rear. The rear of the mill is whitewashed and includes a boarded door leading to the stone-lined leat. The area around the wheel and to the north is enclosed by a structure clad in corrugated iron, which has a small pane glazed clerestory. A lean-to structure at the front of the mill is supported by iron pillars.
At right angles to the front of the mill is the originally detached wheelwright's workshop, constructed of uncoursed axe-dressed masonry, which now serves as an entrance building. At the west end of this workshop is a small brick smithy, topped with a roof of pantiles, a characteristic feature of the Kilvrough estate. The leat supplying water to the mill is located on higher ground at the rear, while the tailrace runs underground at the front.
The waterwheel has been restored and features a new axle, with a cast-iron hub and rims, along with timber spokes and scoops. On the first floor, twin millstones operate the grist mill on the west side and the flour mill on the east side, with the chutes and hoppers for both still in place. The flour mill stones are complete, and above them are the drive shaft, pulleys, and gearing for the sack hoist and sawmill.
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