Description

ST 83 SW MERE -

2/1 Lordsmead Mill

II

Flax, later silk mill, now house. Early C19 or late C18. Main section is
coursed and squared limestone with slate roof; small section to right is lower
with tile-covered mansard roof and with horizontal boarding in upper part of
gable. Main building is 8-bay, with 36-pane sash window on two floors; north
(entrance) front has 6-panel door inbay 5 and pair of plank doors to bay 8. To
right, smaller section has loading bay door under segmental head; the return
gable has a 2-light casement immediately below the boarding. South front also
8-bay, as north, with 36-pane sashes; C20 glazed doors bay 3 and front doors in
bay 8. Windows are all set to keyed lintels. Interior completely modified to
domestic use, and many windows replacement, but a splendid building in the best
of the functional tradition.

Listing NGR: ST8158031897

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26423728

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5