Description

CLYST ST GEORGE SX 98 tiE 2/1 Bridge Mill -

- II

Corn and feedstuffs mill buildings and attached dwelling. Late C18 or early-C19, with later-C19 and early-C20 additions (1911). Mill and dwelling plastered brick; gabled-end and hipped slate roof, the dwelling with red crested ridge tiles; the 1911 block, red brick with yellow brick dressing, and gabled-end slate roof. The house of 2 storeys, the other buildings of 3. Old mill front with four 2-light windows at various levels with original casements and some leaded panes; 2 doors at ground floor, and another at 1st. Right-hand end with delivery access just above ground level and 1 small gable wall window. The attached house with prominent front internal stack and an end stack, both with brick shafts; the front is of 2 planes, 1 well forward of the mill and parallel to it, the other canted and linking the 2; 2 mid-c19 casement windows at 1st floor, and one late-C20 ground floor window to the left of the door which has a canopy on shaped brackets. A later-C19 extension stands to the rear of the house. The 1911 building, 3-window range with yellow brick decorative bands, window surrounds and quoins. When listed in 1961 this mill was believed to be the last functioning tidal mill in Devon; the wheel was enclosed on the road side; it no longer operates as such, but some of the gear is said to survive.

Listing NGR: SX9708888248

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