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Latitude: 51.5808 / 51°34'50"N
Longitude: -2.094 / 2°5'38"W
OS Eastings: 393583
OS Northings: 186885
OS Grid: ST935868
Mapcode National: GBR 2QZ.Z9D
Mapcode Global: VH95S.NJCJ
Plus Code: 9C3VHWJ4+8C
Entry Name: Avon Mills, Outer Buldings
Listing Date: 12 December 1951
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1269279
English Heritage Legacy ID: 460943
ID on this website: 101269279
Location: Burton Hill, Wiltshire, SN16
County: Wiltshire
Civil Parish: Malmesbury
Built-Up Area: Malmesbury
Traditional County: Wiltshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire
Church of England Parish: Malmesbury and Brokenborough
Church of England Diocese: Bristol
Tagged with: Mill building
MALMESBURY
ST9386 ST JOHN'S BRIDGE
758-1/3/295 (East side)
12/12/51 Avon Mills, Outer Buildings
GV II
Woollen mill, now flats. 1790 for Francis Hill, converted
1984. Limestone rubble with ashlar and brick dressings and a
slate roof.
PLAN: L-shaped block of 2 single-depth ranges.
EXTERIOR: 5 storeys and attic; 8:8-window range. Plain,
regular ranges with coved cornice and ashlar parapets ramped
up at the ends, coped end gables, with 1-window linking
section to the E end of the N block containing a
segmental-arched through carriageway with key and imposts.
Brick segmental-arched heads to C20 3-light casements, some
blocked, 4 dormers each; C20 doorway in the S block 5 bays
from the archway with lower flanking windows, a 2-centre
arched doorway in the right-hand side of the carriageway, and
a round-headed doorway in the rear elevation of the N block 4
bays from the archway.
The S block built into the hill behind, which has a similar
elevation with a continuous dormer to a flat-roofed end
section over the corner.
INTERIOR: not inspected, but reported to be largely late C20.
HISTORICAL NOTE: originally called Burton Hill Mill, enlarged
1803, converted to steam power 1838. Other uses include a corn
mill c1825, and silk mill c1850.
(Victoria History of the Counties of England: Crowley DA:
Wiltshire: 1991-: 146).
Listing NGR: ST9358986878
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