Description

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SJ95NE MILL STREET 611-1/1/90 (North side) 07/06/72 Brindley's corn mill

GV II

Remains of corn mill. 1752. Designed and built by James Brindley. Coursed and squared stone and brick with plain-tiled roof. The remaining portion of the building comprises only two thirds of the building, which was partially demolished for road-widening in 1948. EXTERIOR: 2-storeyed, the side wall of brick with stone quoins to original angle to right (left-hand gable rebuilt externally on line of internal partition wall on demolition of rest of building). Wide shallow segmental-archway to left (formerly central to main elevation) with hoodmould and keystone. Lunette over archway. 2 round-arched windows (possibly recut) on each floor to right. Gable return is roughly coursed and squared stonework, with wheel (formerly housed in lean-to timber structure) aligned parallel to the gable. Central round-arched window to upper storey flanked by square windows in stressed chamfered architraves. INTERIOR: internal structure with heavy tie-beams on each floor to support stones and machinery, and curved tie-beam of king-post truss to roof. The mill remained in use until 1940 and retains much of its machinery (restored in the late C20). Breast-shot wooden water wheel working 3 sets of stones via internal pit wheel (renewed together with the axle shaft in the C19), original timber main shaft and wallower (renewed in the C19). Tentering gear for the 3 pairs of stones represents 3 generations of construction: timber, timber and cast-iron, and cast-iron. 3-window range demolished in 1948 probably comprised original drying floors etc. Sheduled Ancient Monument



Listing NGR: SJ9772756939

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