Description

ACKLINGTON GUYZANCE
NU 20 SW
7/19 Guyzance Mill
II

Mill, early C19 ( 183? date scratched on kiln). Coursed rubble with cut and
tooled quoins and dressings. Rectangular block with lower pent-roofed parts
to east (wheel house), north (drying kiln) and west.
South elevation: main block 3 storeys, 2 bays; ground floor shows boarded
window and doorway with timber lintel, 1st floor two 24-pane Yorkshire sashes
and 2nd floor two windows, lost carpentry; all windows in chamfered alternating-
block surrounds with slightly-projecting sills. Coped gables; small stepped-
and-banded left end stack. Wheel-house to right has tall opening with
corbelled lintel. Left return shows lst-f1oor 24-pane Yorkshire sash. Rear
elevation shows stable door under boarded double pitching door, both in
chamfered surrounds, to right of kiln; two 2nd-floor windows lost carpentry.

Interior: undershot iron-and-timber waterwheel, probably once external
(c.f. Brinkburn Mill and Thrum Mill, Rothbury). Stones, gearing and some
machinery in situ.

Derelict and in poor condition at time of survey; west pent outshut roofless.

Listing NGR: NU2063503489

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26293866

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Recommended Books

• 
  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House