Description

LASTINGHAM ANSERDALE LANE
SE 7290
(north-east side)
12/97 The Old Mill
GV II
Mill and miller's house. Late C18 with C19 alteration. Dressed sandstone,
with herringbone-tooled quoins, sills and lintels; pantile roof. Single-
cell, direct-entry plan house, with mill to the side. 2-storey, 2-window
front to house, with 1½-storey, 3-bay mill and single-storey wheel chamber
to right. House: 4-panel door beneath gabled, lattice porch with finial.
3-light, large-pane horizontal sliding sash to left of door and similar
window above; later inserted 2-light window to first floor left. Stepped
eaves course. Coped gables and plain kneelers. End stacks. Mill: board
doors to mill and wheel chamber on either side of 4-pane sash. Similar
later window inserted above with board lifing door to right. Timber lintel
to wheel chamber door. Coped gable to right. Interior of mill: wooden
water-wheel, probably under-shot, with timber paddles. Iron pit wheel to
centre chamber. Grain hopper in chamber to left. First floor not
inspected. The mill was in use until 1914, when the 2 mile long leat from
Loskey Beck was drained following the drowning of 2 children.

Listing NGR: SE7286190498

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26468044

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  For the Record
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)