Description

SE 12 SE
4/200

BRIGHOUSE
Clifton
WAKEFIELD ROAD (south side)
KIRKLEES
Kirklees Mill

G. V.

II

Corn mill. Late C18. Hammer-dressed stone, stone slate roof. Two and a half storeys. Symmetrical north-east front of five bays. Central bay has doorway with tie-stones with wooden canopied projection to taking in door over which is central pedimented Venetian window. To either side two bays of flat faced mullioned windows of two lights and first two floors. Quoins to angles. Return walls have more of the same and Venetian window to attics in gables the right hand of which has stack. To rear is outshut to house cast-iron undershot waterwheel. Archway to mill race has inscribed keystone 'JULY 27TH 1864' and the waterwheel housing may be contemporary with it.

Interior: Much of the grinding gear still survives. Windows have brick springer arches.

Listing NGR: SE1695021921

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26479788

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6