mill (water)

Detached five-bay three-storey watermill with attic, built c. 1830, now disused. Pitched corrugated-iron roof with cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughly coursed rubble sandstone walls with dressed sandstone quoins. Segmental-headed window and door openings with red brick voussoirs. Multiple-bay outbuildings to yard to front of watermill, to south-west and south-east, two-storey and single-storey respectively, having pitched slate roofs with ridge tiles and roughly coursed rubble sandstone walls. Square-headed door and window openings with timber and stone lintels, and with three-centred arch carriage entrances to front walls of each building with cut sandstone voussoirs. Pitching door to first floor of west building accessed by stone steps to front elevation. Ashlar sandstone piers with cast-iron gates to east side of yard. Millrace to east of site and former miller's house to west. House is five-bay, two-storey to front and single-storey to rear, with pitched corrugated-asbestos, formerly thatched roof, with rendered chimneystack, roughcast rendered walls with square-headed one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and replacement uPVC door, with yard to front having outbuilding to south-east corner.

This former watermill is a reminder of the district's industrial heritage. It is an attractive building whose sandstone façade is much enlivened by red brick detailing and though now disused, largely retains its original appearance. The associated outbuildings to the front were important for storage and ancillary uses and add important context to the watermill. The arches of both outbuildings are well-made.