Description

CONEYSTHORPE MALTON ROAD
SE 77 SW
(south side)
6/19 Castle Howard Estate Yard
Sawmill and engine house
GV II
Sawmill and engine house. Early C19. Hammer-dressed sandstone, Welsh slate
roof. Parallel ranges under M-shaped roof with sawmill to left and engine
house to right, 2 storeys, gable ends to road. Left gable end: double-leaf
board door with divided fanlight in keyed elliptical-arched surround with
imposts, flanked by low openings, that to left blind, that to right boarded
and formerly the point of entry for timber. First floor: round-arched
6-pane fixed windows in keyed surrounds with imposts. Right gable end:
3-bay pedimented gable with central gable breaking forward. 2 blind square
openings to outer bays. First floor: tall blind round-arched opening
flanked by round-arched 12-pane fixed windows all in keyed stone surrounds
with imposts. Oculus to gable end. Interior: sawmill contains circular saw
straddling railway lines with 2 bogeys, originally moved by pulleys, which
carried timber from entrance to saw. All power came from steam engine in
engine house. Brick extension to rear not of special interest.

Listing NGR: SE7113771200

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26461457

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)