Grenan Flour Mill — Mill Street

Flour mill complex, c.1775, including : (i) Detached fourteen-bay five-storey flour mill on an U-shaped plan probably incorporating fabric of earlier mill, 1690, on site with four-bay four-storey over basement return to east having three-bay three-storey wing to north. In use, 1949. Now in alternative commercial use. Hipped slate roofs (gablet to wing to north) with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, cut-limestone stage to crossing on a square plan (having hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles), rooflights, slightly sproketed eaves, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves having iron ties. Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls (painted to part of ground floor) with cast-iron tie bars. Camber-headed window openings to main block with square-headed window openings to remainder having no sills, concealed red brick dressings, and timber casement windows. Square-headed door opening with tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. Square-headed door opening to centre top floor to wing to north (now blocked-up with unpainted render over). Set in own grounds on bank of River Nore with rear (east) elevation overlooking road. (ii) Detached two-bay single-storey over base waterwheel house to north. Reroofed, c.1950. Now disused. Hipped roof with replacement corrugated-iron, c.1950, iron ridge tiles, and remains of cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Unpainted rendered walls over random rubble stone construction. Openings not visible. Single segmental arch culvert over mill race with squared limestone voussoirs. (iii) Detached two-bay two-storey outbuilding to north. Part refenestrated, c.1975. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and remains of cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls. Square-headed window openings with no sills, and fixed-pane timber windows having replacement timber casement windows, c.1975, to ground floor with wrought iron bars. (iii) Gateway to north comprising pair of limestone ashlar piers with gates now missing, unpainted rendered flanking screen wall incorporating camber-headed door opening with cut-stone surround, and tongue-and-groove timber panelled door.