Description

ABERFORD CATTLE LANE
SE43NW
LS25 (north side)
2/5 Building on north
side of road approx.
40 metres west of
junction with Main
Street

GV II

Former water mill, now garage. Probably late C18; altered. Squared magnesian
limestone, tiled roof. Rectangular plan built on slope between road above
and riverside meadow below. 2 storeys with basement, 3 bays. Road front
has inserted garage doors at ground level, a loading door above; right gable
has at basement level the exposed arched top of an opening for the exit of
a watercourse, at ground-floor level 2 square windows (one blind or blocked),
at lst-floor level an arched 2-light window with Y-tracery, and a gable chimney;
rear (towards river) has at basement level a large semi-circular shallow recess
with a square opening in the centre but otherwise rendered (position of former
waterwheel), one square window to the left, 2 similar windows at ground floor
level above, and a blocked small horizontal window under the eaves. Reference
A. G. Bennett, T. Hayton, K. Hewitt Aberford in Times Past (Countryside
Publications, Chorley, no date): photograph on p.32 showing water wheel and
goit, and lettering on east gable wall:-
H. MOON
(COR)N MILLER
(ME)RCHANT

Listing NGR: SE4331037268

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26429017

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Recommended Books

• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House